Hay vs. Thatch

Haynoun

(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.

Thatchnoun

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

Haynoun

(countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.

Thatchnoun

(West Indies) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.

Haynoun

(slang) Cannabis; marijuana.

Thatchnoun

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

Haynoun

A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.

Thatchnoun

(by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.

Haynoun

(obsolete) A hedge.

Thatchverb

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

Haynoun

(obsolete) A circular country dance.

Thatchnoun

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

Haynoun

The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.

Thatchnoun

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

Hayverb

To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.

Thatchverb

To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.

Hayverb

To lay snares for rabbits.

Thatchnoun

hair resembling thatched roofing material

Haynoun

A hedge.

Thatchnoun

plant stalks used as roofing material

Haynoun

A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit.

Thatchnoun

an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

Haynoun

Grass cut and cured for fodder.

‘Make hay while the sun shines.’; ‘Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.’;

Thatchnoun

a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)

Hayverb

To lay snares for rabbits.

Thatchverb

cover with thatch;

‘thatch the roofs’;

Hayverb

To cut and cure grass for hay.

Haynoun

grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

Hay

Hay is grass, legumes, or other herbaceous plants that have been cut and dried to be stored for use as animal fodder, particularly for large grazing animals raised as livestock, such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep. However, it is also fed to smaller domesticated animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs.