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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Thatch

/thăch/ · IPA /θæt͡ʃ/
01 n. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
  1. 1.
    Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
  2. 2.
    A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.(Bot.)
Phrases & compounds
Thatch sparrow — the house sparrow.
02 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p. Thatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Thatching
  1. 1.
    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.