Thatch

n.	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.
v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Thatched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thatching.]

Noun	1.	thatch - hair resembling thatched roofing material
	2.	thatch - plant stalks used as roofing material
	3.	Thatch - an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) Synonyms: Blackbeard, Edward Teach, Edward Thatch, Teach
	4.	thatch - a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) Synonyms: thatched roof
Verb	1.	thatch - cover with thatch; "thatch the roofs"

board, brick, clapboard, crop, face, fleece, glass, glaze, head, head of hair, lath, locks, mane, mat, mop, paper, plank, revet, shag, shake, sheathe, shingle, shock, slate, stone, tile, tresses, veneer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard

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