Definitions for thatch
θætʃthatch

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. thatchnoun

   hair resembling thatched roofing material

2. thatchnoun

   plant stalks used as roofing material

3. Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeardnoun

   an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

4. thatch, thatched roofverb

   a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)

5. thatchverb

   cover with thatch

   "thatch the roofs"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Thatchnoun

   Etymology: ðace , Saxon, straw, Skinner, from ðac , a roof, in Islandick thak. Mr. Lye.

   Straw laid upon the top of a house to keep out the weather.

   Hard by a stye, beneath a roof of thatch
   Dwelt Obloquy, who in her early days
   Baskets of fish at Billingsgate did watch,
   Cod, whiting, oyster, mackrel, sprat, or plaise. Jonathan Swift.

   A plough-boy, who has never seen any thing but thatched houses, naturally imagines that thatch belongs to the very nature of a house. Isaac Watts.

   Then came rosy Health from her cottage of thatch. Christopher Smart.

2. To Thatchverb

   To cover as with straw.

   Etymology: ðaccian , Saxon.

   Make false hair, and thatch
   Your poor thin roofs with burthens of the dead. William Shakespeare.

   Moss groweth chiefly upon ridges of houses tiled or thatched. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 537.

   Then Rome was poor, and there you might behold
   The palace thatch’d with straw. Dryden.

   Sonnets or elegies to Chloris
   Might raise a house above two stories:
   A lyrick ode would slate, a catch
   Would tile, an epigram would thatch. Jonathan Swift.

   On the cottage thatch’d, or lordly roof
   Keen fastening. James Thomson.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thatch

   Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of the vegetation stays dry and is densely packed—trapping air—thatching also functions as insulation. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still employed by builders in developing countries, usually with low-cost local vegetation. By contrast, in some developed countries it is the choice of some affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home, would like a more ecologically friendly roof, or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thatch

   Thatch is a type of roofing material made from layers of plant stalks, straw, reed, sedge, or other organic materials. It is traditionally used in rural areas and is known for its insulating properties. Alternatively, in a biological context, thatch can refer to the layer of dead grass and roots that accumulates on a lawn or a field.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Thatchnoun

   straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain

2. Thatchnoun

   a name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching

3. Thatchnoun

   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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Thatch

   Thatch was a comic strip created by Jeff Shesol. The strip began in Brown University's student newspaper The Brown Daily Herald. It was later picked up for syndication by Creators Syndicate in late 1994. The title character was an everyman who struggled through life and politics. He had an alter-ego, Politically Correct Person, who was a stereotype of sensitive liberals who fear offending people. Other characters were Tripp, Thatch's womanizing, obnoxious roommate; Kate, the editor for the college paper; and Sloane, who, as the cartoonist described in the strip's first and only book collection, a "heartless, shallow rich bitch." In 1998, Shesol was offered a position as speech writer for the President of the United States Bill Clinton. Shesol agreed and ended the strip. The final Thatch appeared on April 11, 1998.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Thatch

   thach, v.t. to cover, as a roof, with straw, reeds, &c.—n. straw, &c., used to cover the roofs of buildings and stacks.—ns. Thatch′er; Thatch′ing, the act or art of covering with thatch: the materials used for thatching. [A.S. thæc, thatch, whence theccan, to cover; cog. with Ger. decken, L. tegĕre, Gr. stegein, to cover.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. THATCH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Thatch is ranked #33410 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Thatch surname appeared 683 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Thatch.
   
   46.5% or 318 total occurrences were White.
   44.6% or 305 total occurrences were Black.
   3% or 21 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.9% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 14 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Hairdo
   • Pirate
   • Roof
   • Roofing Material

How to pronounce thatch?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say thatch in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of thatch in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of thatch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of thatch in a Sentence

1. Jacob Kapere:

   A lot of people in the remote areas have caves where they can go, some villages have cyclone houses which don't have windows and have very low doors that you have to bend over to enter. Their thatch roofs are dug into the ground.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=thatch
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=thatch
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatch
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thatch
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=thatch
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=thatch
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html