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Meanings of thatched roof in English

Catalan
sostre de palla
Spanish
techo de paja

A house roof made with a plant material (as straw)

sostre de palla
Synonyms
Examples for "thatch"
Examples for "thatch"
1
The wild thatch of his scrubbing-brush hair shone purple in the light.
Angel Island
2
It was merely a great big village; and mainly mud and thatch.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
3
Its thatch is hollow; the peat-smoke curls stingily from its stunted chimney.
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5
4
The firelight flickered on the hewn logs that supported the thatch overhead.
My Antonia
5
The roof was opened through the rude timbers to the whitened thatch.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
Usage of thatched roof in English
1
From under the thatched roof of our bower came the sounds of:
Mystic Isles of the South Seas.
2
The dwelling was one of the White Breton houses with thatched roof.
The Idol of Paris
3
They worked on the thatched roof, which ultimately had to be replaced.
The Irish Times
4
The house has low walls, a thatched roof, and only two rooms.
Poems Every Child Should Know / The What-Every-Child-Should-Know...
5
They consisted of nothing more than a thatched roof mounted upon pillars.
The Cannibal Islands: Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas
6
His destination was one of the barns, its thatched roof partially blackened.
Knife of dreams
7
The building was already blazing, and the thatched roof threatened to fall in.
In the Fire of the Forge: A Romance of Old Nuremberg — Volume 03
8
The stable was a long, narrow building, topped by a high-peaked, thatched roof.
To the blight: the eye of the world
9
The house is only about twenty feet high and has a thatched roof.
Shadowland
10
It includes a modern, purpose-built block with timber cladding and a thatched roof.
The Irish Times
11
In the middle distance stood a long, narrow, thatched roof supported on poles.
The Killer
12
The house is constructed with mud walls and a thatched roof.
Brazilian Sketches
13
He now perceived, from behind the leaves, the end of a thatched roof.
Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter
14
They supported a vast breadth of thatched roof drilled by sparrows and starlings.
The Amateur Poacher
15
It was one-storied, with thatched roof, gabled wings, and a projecting central porch.
Historic Boyhoods
16
The cottage had a low, thatched roof, dirty, whitewashed walls, and green shutters.
Combed Out
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United Kingdom
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