thatched roof
4
4.6
- noun
:
techo de paja
- The charming cottage had a beautiful thatched roof that protected it from the rain.
- thatched-roof hut
- thatched-roof house
- walls and thatched roofs
And so we go under this like, you know, thatched roof Hut outside and, you know, we drink the disgusting cactus juice.
- And so we go under this like, you know, thatched roof Hut outside and, you know, we drink the disgusting cactus juice.
Examples
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A charming farmhouse with stone walls and a thatched roof sits in the distance.
Fiction book (1994) -
Weak light crept into the room through the thatched roof, along with the rain.
Fiction book (1992) -
In any case, I pulled into the street, the driveway actually, of this little thatched-roof cottage.
Fiction book (2000) -
We stopped at the largest house, a stonewalled, thatched-roof affair that was new since my time.
Fiction book (1991) -
Once he was safe inside, under the thatched roof of the small stone closet, Michael snapped the picture.
Fiction book (1991) -
The family was already out of their house, one with a thatched roof and walls made of nipa palm leaves.
Fiction book (1999) -
Along the highway, we came across small communities of ten to twelve huts with round thatched roofs.
Fiction book (2001) -
Then the storm came, a monsoon assaulting the thatched roof.
Fiction book (2001) -
Nestled in emerald hills are the thatched-roof house, barn, and outbuildings of a well-run farm.
Fiction book (1995) -
Alaric could just make out their stone walls and thatched roofs, and the stone fences of the animal pens that flanked them.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
2
5.9
A roof covering made from layers of dry plants like straw or reeds
1
3.7
A material people use to make a roof from straw or reeds
A roof made of straw or reeds that keeps a house dry
How Durable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a roof made of dried plant material' is directly derivable from combining 'thatched' (having a roof made of straw or reeds) with 'roof' (top covering of a building). This simple adjective + noun composition is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The term thatched roof comes from a simple building method where people tied bundles of dry plants like straw or reeds and laid them in thick layers on a house to keep out rain. Because the dry covering is called thatch, thatched roof simply means 'a roof made of dried plant material'.