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Meanings of thatch in inglês

português
barba negra
catalão
edward teach
espanhol
edward teach

An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

barba negra
catalão
sostre de palla
espanhol
techo de paja

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

sostre de palla
Usage of thatch in inglês
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
6
It is composed entirely of the white feathery flowers of the thatch-grass.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
7
Stephen nodded, he held it to the northern edge of the thatch.
The Man
8
There is any amount of the old thatch down on the floor.
The Tiger of Mysore: A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib
9
Birds carry up seeds and grains, and these germinate in moist thatch.
The Open Air
10
His parents lived in a tiny thatch-roofed cottage by the north gate.
Oracle's Queen
11
It is cold, before the dawn, and the thatch above me rustles.
Rainbow's End
12
The rusty pike of righteousness is being taken out of the thatch.
The Irish Times
13
The sun lit the fields and thatch roofs with a rosy light.
Servant of a dark god
14
Their home was but a hut of stone and clay and thatch.
Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness
15
When they reached the thatch-and-wood villages where they suspected jihadists were hiding.
Reuters
16
Moments later Sugar heard arrows snake into the thatch above their heads.
Servant of a dark god
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