thatch
verb/θætʃ/
/θætʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they thatch | /θætʃ/ /θætʃ/ |
| he / she / it thatches | /ˈθætʃɪz/ /ˈθætʃɪz/ |
| past simple thatched | /θætʃt/ /θætʃt/ |
| past participle thatched | /θætʃt/ /θætʃt/ |
| -ing form thatching | /ˈθætʃɪŋ/ /ˈθætʃɪŋ/ |
- thatch something to cover the roof of a building with thatchTopics Buildingsc2Word OriginOld English theccan ‘cover’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dekken and German decken.
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