thatch (n.)

  1. hair resembling thatched roofing material

  2. plant stalks used as roofing material

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

    [ Syn: teach , edward teach , thatch , edward thatch , blackbeard ]

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

    [ Syn: thatched roof ]

    thatch (v.)

  1. cover with thatch; thatch the roofs'

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