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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.
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