noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a thatched cottage (= with a roof made from dry straw )
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a row of small thatched cottages
a thatched roof (= made of dried straw )
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She lived in a pretty country cottage with a thatched roof.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And very good thatch it made.
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As she stepped out into the moonlight, two magpies landed on the thatch .
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As we talked, his quick fingers wove palm fronds into thatch like the roof of his hut.
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Dotty herself was in the garden, a straw hat of gigantic proportions crowning her untidy thatch of hair.
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It was cold, too, an icy wind sneaking in through the thatch and through gaps in the mud wall.
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Ridgery Butts was a slovenly, poor village, clay and thatch hovels clustered about its church and windmill.
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The cabin thatch would catch fire at any moment.
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The wood was faded and weather-worn, the thatch still thick but dark with age.