English Explanatory Dictionary

thatch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
  2. Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
  3. A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
  4. Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.
verb
  1. To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/θæt͡ʃ/ en-us-thatch.ogg

Word forms

thatch thatches thatching thatched

Etymology

Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“covering”), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”). Cognate with Icelandic þak, Dutch dak, German Dach, Norwegian tak, Swedish tak, Danish tag; and with Latin toga, Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe”), Lithuanian stogas (“roof”), Welsh to (“roof”). Related to Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof”) and στέγη (stégē, “roof”). See also English deech, deck.

Synonyms

haulm

Related words

thatch Thatcher

Derived words

big thatch overthatch silver thatch thatch rake thatch-rake underthatch bethatch unthatch Thatch thatched Thatcher thatching Thatch weave
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