thatch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun hair resembling thatched roofing material
  2. noun plant stalks used as roofing material
  3. noun an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
    Teach; Edward Teach; Edward Thatch; Blackbeard.
  4. noun a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
    thatched roof.
  5. verb cover with thatch
    • thatch the roofs

WordNet

Thatch noun
Etymology
OE. thak, AS. Þæc a roof; akin to Þeccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. Þak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan. tag, Lith. stogas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach, tigh, W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. , , a roof, to cover, Skr. sthag. Cf. Deck, Integument, Tile, Toga.
Definitions
  1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
  2. (Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
Thatch transitive verb
Etymology
From Thatch, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS. eccean to cover.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Thatched ; present participle & verbal noun Thatching
Definitions
  1. To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.

Webster 1913