The roof is made of thatch.
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Thatch
//θæt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "thatch" (47 found)
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Related words (23)
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8 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
13 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entriesis a
6 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 44 languages.
Assamese
3 entries- উলূ noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- ঘৰছোৱা বন noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- শৰণ খেৰ noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Big Nambas
1 entries- neiet noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сламен покрив noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Catalan
1 entries- sostre de palla noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 茅草 noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- 用茅草覆盖屋顶 verb (cover with thatch)
Cornish
2 entries- sowl noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- sowlenna verb (cover with thatch)
Czech
1 entries- došek noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Danish
1 entries- halm noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Faroese
3 entries- tekingarhálmur noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- tekingartilfar noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- tekja verb (cover with thatch)
Finnish
2 entries- olki noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- kattaa oljilla verb (cover with thatch)
French
2 entries- chaume noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- couvrir de chaume verb (cover with thatch)
Galician
4 entries- colmadura noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- colmo noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- colmar verb (cover with thatch)
- teitar verb (cover with thatch)
Georgian
2 entries- ლერწმის სახურავი noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- ჩალის სახურავი noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
German
2 entries- Dachstroh noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- Reet noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Greek
1 entries- αχυροσκεπή noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ako noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Hungarian
1 entries- zsúp noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Irish
1 entries- tuí noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Korean
1 entries- 이엉 noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Latin
1 entries- cōnsternō verb (cover with thatch)
Macedonian
2 entries- слама noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- сламен покрив noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Malay
1 entries- atap noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Middle English
2 entries- thak noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- yelm noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Mongolian
3 entries- зэгс noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- сүрэл noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- зэгс verb (cover with thatch)
Māori
4 entries- ato noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- raurau noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- rauwhare noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- ato verb (cover with thatch)
Norman
1 entries- glyi verb (cover with thatch)
Norwegian
1 entries- halm noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Occitan
1 entries- clujada noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Old English
1 entries- þæc noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Persian
3 entries- کلش noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- گالی noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- گالیپوش کردن verb (cover with thatch)
Polish
1 entries- strzecha noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Portuguese
2 entries- colmo noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- colmar verb (cover with thatch)
Quechua
1 entries- wayllay verb (cover with thatch)
Romanian
1 entries- stuf noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Russian
1 entries- соло́ма noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Scots
1 entries- theek noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- tughadh noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- tugh verb (cover with thatch)
Sicilian
1 entries- pagghia noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Spanish
2 entries- techo de paja noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- tejado de paja noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Swedish
1 entries- halm noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Thai
1 entries- คา noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Tày
1 entries- cà noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tranh noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
Welsh
3 entries- gwellt noun (straw for covering roofs or stacks)
- rhoi to gwellt verb (cover with thatch)
- toi (â gwellt) verb (cover with thatch)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Swazi women traditionally plait grass to make thatch roofs for their homes.
Source: tatoeba (11479045)
Nevertheless, timber, with lath and plaster, and thatch for the roofs, constituted the chief materials in the dwellings of the English from an early period till near the close of the fourteenth century and beginning of the fifteenth, when bricks began to be used in the better sort of houses.
Source: tatoeba (11707475)
A whole colony of wild birds nestle in the reedy thatch, and find out quiet corners in the cool shadow of that wide veranda.
Source: tatoeba (12071440)
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