thatch
noun
Also a material, as straw, rushes, leaves, or the like, used to cover roofs, grain stacks, etc.
thatched
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past participleof thatch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof thatch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
thatchnounAlso a material, as straw, rushes, leaves, or the like, used to cover roofs, grain stacks, etc.
Example Sentences
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"If you look around, there are hardly any houses with iron-sheet roofs; most are just thatched houses."
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Many of Raja's community, more widely known as the Onge, still live in near isolation in neat thatched homes on stilts in coastal forests.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
The building was made from locally gathered clay and peat, with sedge grass for its thatched roof.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
It evokes a thatched hut, a giant upturned basket and, especially, a vacant, human-size cage—a trap in want of prey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
When the priest had built his first school, it had only a thatched roof, and classes that couldn’t fit inside were held under a mango tree.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
