thatch
Example Sentences
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It evokes a thatched hut, a giant upturned basket and, especially, a vacant, human-size cage—a trap in want of prey.
Surrounded by floodwaters, their hamlet of thatch and mud homes had been battling a massive outbreak of cholera, a deadly disease spread by poor sanitation.
From Salon
The homes are filled with quirky leaded glass windows, uneven angles and heaps of wood shingles, resembling a thatched straw roof.
From Los Angeles Times
Today, Mr. Fox writes, there are merely “300 thatched buildings left in the whole of Scotland, and just three Highland thatchers capable of maintaining them.”
"People were still thatching roofs and replanting," she said, warning that "for those communities, it will be even harder to reset".
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
