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🏡 Roof material 🏡 To cover a roof
to thatching

to thatching

4.6
To cover a roof with straw or reeds to keep out rain
  • verb
  • /ˈθæʧɪŋ/
translation icon : techar
  • The workers spent several days thatching the cottage roof with bundles of dry reeds.

Examples

  • They are thatching the roof with straw.

  • He learned the skill of thatching from his grandfather, who was a master thatcher.

  • Traditional houses in the village are still thatching their roofs to maintain the historic look.

  • The workers thatched the house last summer.

  • The workers spent several days thatching the cottage roof with bundles of dry reeds.

  • They are thatching the roof with straw to keep out the rain.

  • He learned how to thatch roofs during his apprenticeship with a skilled craftsman.

Synonyms

to roof
vsto thatching
9 2.8

To cover a building with a top layer to keep out rain

is specific to covering with plant materials rather than any covering method
to shingle
vsto thatching
4 6.8

To cover a roof with thin flat pieces of wood or similar material

is done with plant materials layered or woven instead of rigid manufactured pieces
to reed
vsto thatching
  • UK
8.6

To cover a roof with bundles of long grass that grow near water

is broader and uses various plant materials to cover roofs for weather protection

Surface Forms

thatch infinitive
thatched past
thatched past participle
thatching present participle
thatches third person singular

Morphology

thatching = thatch (transparent) = thatch + ing

Present participle/gerund formation from the verb 'thatch' using the productive suffix '-ing'; meaning as an action is directly derived.

Etymology

Thatching comes from the old English root thatch, which meant 'to cover', and it named the work of covering a roof with straw or reeds. So to thatch is to 'cover' a roof with plant material to keep out rain and cold.