thatch

1. 1.

   cover with thatch

   “thatch the roofs”

   Broaderroof

Other forms of thatch

plural

thatches·

past tense

thatched·

present participle

thatching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about thatch

What does thatch mean?

thatch means "hair resembling thatched roofing material". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thatch?

thatch has 1 syllable: thatch. In IPA it is /ˈθætʃ/.

What is another word for thatch?

Close synonyms include Teach, Edward Teach, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard, thatched roof. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thatch a common word?

thatch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.