The difference between Roof and Thatch

When used as nouns, roof means the external covering at the top of a building, whereas thatch means straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

When used as verbs, roof means to cover or furnish with a roof, whereas thatch means to cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.


check bellow for the other definitions of Roof and Thatch

  1. Roof as a noun:

    The external covering at the top of a building

  2. Roof as a noun:

    The upper part of a cavity.

    Examples:

    "The palate is the roof of the mouth."

    "Archaeologists discovered that the cave's roof was decked with paintings."

  3. Roof as a noun (mining):

    The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

  1. Roof as a verb:

    To cover or furnish with a roof.

  2. Roof as a verb:

    To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.

  3. Roof as a verb (slang):

    To put into prison for not a short time.

  1. Thatch as a noun:

    Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

  2. Thatch as a noun:

    A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.

  3. Thatch as a noun:

    A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.

  1. Thatch as a verb:

    To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

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