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• thatch — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. roof covering, straw roofing, thatch palm, thatching, reed thatch, rush thatch; see also roof , roofing . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. mat, straw, rushes, palm leaves, roofing …   English dictionary for students

• reed´like´ — reed «reed», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. a kind of tall grass with a hollow, jointed stalk that grows in wet places. 2. such a stalk. 3. Figurative. anything or anyone like a reed, such as a person or thing that is frail, weak, or delicate:… …   Useful english dictionary

• reed — [rēd] n. [ME rede < OE hreod, akin to OHG hriot < IE base * kreut , to shake, tremble] 1. a) any of various tall, slender grasses (esp. genus Phragmites), with plumelike inflorescences, growing in wet or marshy land b) the stem of any of… …   English World dictionary

• reed — reedlike, adj. /reed/, n. 1. the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, esp. of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places. 2. any of the plants themselves. 3. such stalks or plants collectively. 4. anything made from such …   Universalium

• Reed — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a any of various water or marsh plants with a firm stem, esp. of the genus Phragmites. b a tall straight stalk of this. 2 (collect.) reeds growing in a mass or used as material esp. for thatching. 3 Brit. wheat straw prepared for… …   Useful english dictionary

• reed — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a any of various water or marsh plants with a firm stem, esp. of the genus Phragmites. b a tall straight stalk of this. 2 (collect.) reeds growing in a mass or used as material esp. for thatching. 3 Brit. wheat straw prepared for… …   Useful english dictionary

• reed — /rid / (say reed) noun 1. the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places. 2. the stalk of Phragmites australis, the common reed, which is a large perennial grass found… …  

• reed — [[t]rid[/t]] n. 1) pln the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, esp. of the genus Phragmites, growing in marshy places 2) pln any of the plants themselves 3) pln such stalks or plants collectively, esp. as material for thatching 4)… …   From formal English to slang

• thatch — 1. noun /θætʃ/ a) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. b) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. Syn …   Wiktionary

• Thatching — is the craft of covering a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is probably the oldest roofing material and has been used in both… …   Wikipedia

• Great Wratting — is a village and civil parish in England, about four miles from Haverhill, Suffolk, in the valley of the River Stour. There is a ford across the Stour in the centre of the village, where bathing and fishing are common pursuits.The river here is… …   Wikipedia