thatch
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7.1
- noun
- /θætʃ/
:
melena
- His father stood suave and proud, his still-thick thatch of ruddy hair moving in the wind and revealing his massive eyebrows and the lynx-like tufts on his ears.
- a thatch of hair
- a thick thatch
- an unruly thatch
Examples
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Patsy Kohli was a pretty woman with smooth, ebony skin and a closely cropped thatch of black curls.
Fiction book (2000) -
She remembered the black thatch of hair, the knobby nose, and long jaw.
Fiction book (1992) -
His thatch of black hair stuck up this way and that.
Fiction book (1992) -
The old man had a luxurious thatch of white hair and one good eye.
Fiction book (1997) -
In his white shirt and slacks, and with his thatch of bristly white hair, he looked like an old polar bear.
Fiction book (1990) -
His hair stood up at odd angles, as if he'd absently run his fingers through his black thatch.
Fiction book (1992) -
The bartender, a chunky middle-aged man with no sign of gray in his thatch of black hair, eased forward.
Fiction book (1997) -
The old man had a luxurious thatch of white hair and one good eye.
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He sported a messy thatch of curly hair that fell over his forehead.
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The artist captured the model's vibrant thatch of red hair with exquisite detail.
Synonyms
4
5.0
A lot of small, tight curls that make hair look messy
Compounds
- US
A small palm tree from southern Florida and the West Indies with leaves used to cover roofs
- US
A small palm tree from southern Florida and the West Indies with leaves used to make roofs
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thatch is also used for a thick mass of hair because hair can look like the straw on a roof; the word comes from old English þæc meaning 'roof', so a 'thatch' of hair feels like a little roof of hair on the head.