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

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  1. n. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
  2. n. A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
  3. n. 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.
  4. n. hair resembling thatched roofing material
  5. n. plant stalks used as roofing material
  6. n. a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
  7. v. cover with thatch
  8. 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 sparrow, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] 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.
  9. A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leavesof which are used for thatching. Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow.[Prov. Eng.]
  10. v:15/n:85 n. hair resembling thatched roofing material n. plant stalks used as roofing material n. a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) v. cover with thatch