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thacks

thacks is the plural of thack.

Meaning of thack

Noun (1)

thack (plural thacks)

  1. A stroke; a thwack.

Noun (2)

thack (countable and uncountable, plural thacks)

  1. The weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often specifically thatch.
    • This outer layer was generically known as 'thack', but, owing to the fact that the vast majority of buildings in early times were covered with a thacking of straw or some similar material, 'thatch' gradually acquired its modern restricted significance of straw, or reed, heling.1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, page 223

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Questions about thacks

What is thacks the plural of?
Thacks is the plural of thack.

Words near thacks in the dictionary

  1. Thackers
  2. thacking
  3. thackless
  4. Thackley
  5. Thackray
  6. thacks
  7. Thackston
  8. Thad
  9. Thaddaeus
  10. Thaddaeuses
  11. Thaddeus

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