| Thatch 1. (n.) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. 2. (n.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. 3. (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. Thesaurus Entries 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 |