thatch en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /θæt͡ʃ/
- (US) audio
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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
Just over halfway up, we reached the Human settlement with its houses of stone and wood and thatch. This was a prewar place.
1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 210:
- (Caribbean, countable, uncountable) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
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(countable, uncountable) A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
Mark Ladd, the venue’s assistant director of operations, notes that the fake greenery looks authentic: the height and colour of the blades are varied, with a few brown ones thrown in to emulate dead thatch.
2015 May 30, Rob Kuznia, “California turns to fake grass in response to drought”, in The Guardian:
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(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any strawlike material, such as a person's hair.
An outgoing, story-telling Irishman from Butte, Montana, with his thatch of red hair and sandpapered face, Matt was the quintessential imp.
2008, Wallace Madding, The Country Club Killings: A Montana Story, page 21:Brown was a compact dark-skinned man in his forties, with strong features and a dense thatch of brown hair that sprang from his crown at an angle, though it had been brushed to either side of an indeterminate part.
2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Profitable Wonders”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 52:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thatches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
silver thatch (Terms derived from thatch (noun)) · thatchwork (Terms derived from thatch (noun)) · underthatch (Terms derived from thatch (noun)) · thatch-rake (Terms derived from thatch (noun)) · thatch rake (Terms derived from thatch (noun)) · big thatch (Terms derived from thatch (noun)) · dethatch (Terms derived from thatch (noun)) · overthatch (Terms derived from thatch (noun)) · thatchless (Terms derived from thatch (noun)) · thatchy (Terms derived from thatch (noun)) · thatchlike (Terms derived from thatch (noun))
Synonyms
haulm (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Translations (55)
as ঘৰছোৱা বন (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · mk слама (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · vi tranh (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · ga tuí (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · ka ლერწმის სახურავი (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · mn зэгс (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · as উলূ (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · gl colmo (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · pl słoma (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · mi rauwhare (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · de Dachstroh (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · gd tughadh (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · ko 이엉 (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · enm yelm (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · enm thak (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · scn pagghia (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · cmn 茅草 (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · es techo de paja (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · da halm (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · tyz cà (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · no halm (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · kw sowl (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · ru соло́ма (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · mi raurau (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · gl colmadura (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · hu zsúp (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · bg сламен покрив (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · pl strzecha (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · as শৰণ খেৰ (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · ka ჩალის სახურავი (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · fi olki (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · mk сламен покрив (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · oc clujada (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · pt colmo (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · haw ako (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · nmb neiet (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · sv halm (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · ro stuf (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · ca sostre de palla (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · fr chaume (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · ang þæc (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · cy gwellt (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · mn сүрэл (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · es tejado de paja (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · el αχυροσκεπή (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · th คา (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · fa کلش (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · sco theek (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · ms atap (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · de Reet (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · fo tekingartilfar (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · mi ato (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · fo tekingarhálmur (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · fa گالی (straw for covering roofs or stacks) · cs došek (straw for covering roofs or stacks)