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thatched

thatched is the simple past and past participle of thatch.

Adjective

thatched (not comparable)

  1. Covered or roofed with thatch.
    • a thatched cottage
    • The thatched cottage in the heart of the country is artistically most attractive—provided that we have not got to live in it!1955 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 262
  2. (in-compounds, informal) Having a specified kind of hair.
    • Yet if this is unacceptable, so is the alternative of denying any objective difference between wealth and poverty — or between a well-thatched man and a bald one.1968, Britannica Perspectives, volume 3, page 138

Meaning of thatch

Verb

thatch (third-person singular simple present thatches, present participle thatching, simple past and past participle thatched)

  1. To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

See all 6 meanings of thatch

Questions about thatched

What does thatched mean?
Thatched means covered or roofed with thatch.
What is thatched the simple past and past participle of?
Thatched is the simple past and past participle of thatch.
What part of speech is thatched?
Thatched is an adjective.

Words near thatched in the dictionary

  1. thatch rakes
  2. Thatch weave
  3. thatch-rake
  4. thatch-rakes
  5. Thatcham
  6. thatched
  7. thatcher
  8. Thatcher effect
  9. Thatcher illusion
  10. Thatcher's children
  11. thatcher's rake

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