Thatch (comic strip)
WordNet
noun
(1) A house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
(2) Hair resembling thatched roofing material
(3) An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
(4) Plant stalks used as roofing material
verb
(5) Cover with thatch
"Thatch the roofs"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
Variant of , from , from , from (o-grade of) . Cognate with Dutch , German , Swedish , Danish ; and with Latin , Lithuanian .
Noun
- Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
- A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
Etymology 2
, from . Cognate with Danish , Dutch , German , Swedish .