thatch – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
thatch
v.
cover, put a thatch over, make a roof for a building with straw or reeds
n.
covering or mat made from straw; dried plant material used to make a roof, house roof made with a plant material such as straw or reeds, material that resembles straw or hay; matted layer of dead stalks and other material in a lawn; hair that looks like thatched roofing material; (Informal) hair on a somebody's head
Thatching
Thatching is the craft of building a
roof with dry vegetation such as
straw,
water reed,
sedge (
Cladium mariscus),
rushes, or
heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. 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 now the choice of 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.
Thatch
Noun
1. an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
(synonym) Teach, Edward Teach, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard
(hypernym) pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover
thatch
Noun
1. hair resembling thatched roofing material
(hypernym) hairdo, hair style, coiffure
2. plant stalks used as roofing material
(hypernym) roofing material
3. a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
(synonym) thatched roof
(hypernym) roof
Verb
1. cover with thatch; "thatch the roofs"
(hypernym) roof
(derivation) thatched roof
Thatch
(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.
(n.)
Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
(n.)
A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Thatch
To dream that you thatch a roof with any quickly, perishable material, denotes that sorrow and discomfort will surround you. If you find that a roof which you have thatched with straw is leaking, there will be threatenings of danger, but by your rightly directed energy they may be averted.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project
