thatch has definitions from the fields of architecture,zoology,law,criminal law
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[ noun ] (zoology) hair resembling thatched roofing material

Used in print

(Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)

The lieutenant 's sparse brown hair was heavily pomaded , and as Killpath raked the comb through it , it stuck together in thatches so that it looked_like umbrella ribs clinging to his pink skull .

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hairdo

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[ noun ] plant stalks used as roofing material

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roofing_material

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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

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pirate

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[ verb ] (architecture) cover with thatch; of roofs

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roof

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 19925
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[ noun ] (architecture) a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)

Synonyms

thatched_roof

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roof

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