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thatchy

thatchy

7.3
Like a roof made of straw or dry plants
  • adjective
  • /ˈθæʧi/
translation icon : de paja
  • When we conduct spring fires, we certainly kill a large number of regal fritillary larvae that had been overwintering in the thatchy vegetation.

Examples

  • He thinks if he ever gets out of this, he will lie down on a firm, dry stretch of grass—he can picture it, the green blades, the thatchy gaps of rubbed earth like at the old Mt.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • What happens to all those ticks that die in those thatchy armpits of yours?

    Wanderlust (2012)

  • The house had a charming roof made of thatchy material that blended beautifully with the countryside.

  • Her hair was styled in a way that gave it a thatchy texture, reminiscent of natural straw.

  • The garden featured a quaint cottage with thatchy roofing that made it look cozy and inviting.

Synonyms

thatched
vsthatchy
3.9

Covered with a roof made of straw or reeds

has the look or texture of a straw roof rather than being actually covered

How Thatchy

thatched
3.9
thatchy
7.3
bare
217 2.2

Surface Forms

thatchy positive

Morphology

thatchy = thatch (transparent) = thatch + y

Derived by productive suffixation of '-y' to 'thatch' meaning 'having or resembling thatch', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word thatchy comes from thatch, a word for a 'roof made of straw', plus the ending -y meaning 'full of' or 'like'. So thatchy describes something that looks or feels like straw roofing, which is why we call wild hair or a cottage 'thatchy'.