different between thatch vs thatching

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æt?/
• Rhymes: -æt?

Etymology 1

Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þak? (“covering”), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”).

Cognate with Icelandic þak, Dutch dak, German Dach, Norwegian tak, Swedish tak, Danish tag; and with Latin toga, Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe”), Lithuanian stogas (“roof”). Related to Ancient Greek ????? (tégos, “roof”) and ????? (stég?, “roof”). See also English deech, deck.

Noun

thatch (countable and uncountable, plural thatches)

1. Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
2. (Caribbean) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
3. A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
4. (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.
   • 2008, Wallace Madding, The Country Club Killings: A Montana Story (page 21)

     An outgoing, story-telling Irishman from Butte, Montana, with his thatch of red hair and sandpapered face, Matt was the quintessential imp.

Synonyms

• (straw for covering roofs or stacks): haulm

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Etymology 2

From Middle English thacchen, from Old English þe??an, þe??ean (“to cover”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjan? (“to cover”), from Proto-Germanic *þak? (“cover, covering”, noun) (see above).

Cognate with West Frisian dekke, Dutch dekken, German decken, Danish tække, Swedish täcka. Alteration of vowel after Middle English perhaps due to the above noun.

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.

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Anagrams

• hatcht

English

Noun

thatching (countable and uncountable, plural thatchings)

1. Bundles of hay or straw used to make a roof.
2. The act or art of covering with thatch.

Synonyms

• (bundles of hay or straw used to make a roof): thatch

Verb

thatching

1. present participle of thatch