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But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
Elliott Smith

Meaning of "bamboo" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BAMBOO

Probably from Malay bambu.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BAMBOO

bamboo  [bæmˈbuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BAMBOO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bamboo is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BAMBOO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bamboo

Bamboo

Bamboo i/bæmˈbuː/ is a tribe of flowering perennial evergreen plants in the grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. In bamboos, the internodal regions of the stem are hollow and the vascular bundles in the cross section are scattered throughout the stem instead of in a cylindrical arrangement. The dicotyledonous woody xylem is also absent. The absence of secondary growth wood causes the stems of monocots, even of palms and large bamboos, to be columnar rather than tapering. Bamboos are some of the fastest-growing plants in the world, due to a unique rhizome-dependent system. Bamboos are of notable economic and cultural significance in South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, being used for building materials, as a food source, and as a versatile raw product. Bamboo has a higher compressive strength than wood, brick or concrete and a tensile strength that rivals steel.

Definition of bamboo in the English dictionary

The first definition of bamboo in the dictionary is any tall treelike tropical or semitropical fast-growing grass of the genus Bambusa, having hollow woody-walled stems with ringed joints and edible young shoots. Other definition of bamboo is the stem of any of these plants, used for building, poles, and furniture. Bamboo is also any of various bamboo-like grasses of the genera Arundinaria, Phyllostachys or Dendrocalamus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BAMBOO


babu
ˈbɑːbuː
Bengbu
ˈbɛŋˈbuː
boo
buː
bubu
ˈbuːbuː
bugaboo
ˈbʌɡəˌbuː
caribou
ˈkærɪˌbuː
Cebu
sɪˈbuː
habu
ˈhɑːbuː
konbu
ˈkɒnbuː
marabou
ˈmærəˌbuː
marabout
ˈmærəˌbuː
ombu
ɒmˈbuː
peekaboo
ˈpiːkəˌbuː
taboo
təˈbuː
tabu
təˈbuː
tickettyboo
ˌtɪkətɪˈbuː
tickety-boo
ˌtɪkɪtɪˈbuː
urubu
ˌuːruːˈbuː
ynambu
ˌiːnɑːmˈbuː
zebu
ˈziːbuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BAMBOO

balustrade
Balzac
balzarine
bam
Bamako
Bambara
Bamberg
bambi
bambini
bambino
bamboo curtain
bamboo network
bamboo shoots
bamboozle
bamboozlement
bamboozler
Bamelot
bammer
bampot
ban

WORDS THAT END LIKE BAMBOO

boo-boo
Cariboo
coo
doo
goo
hoo
jigaboo
loo
me-too
moo
roo
rubaboo
shampoo
tattoo
the Cariboo
too
Waterloo
woo
yahoo
zoo

Synonyms and antonyms of bamboo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bamboo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BAMBOO

Find out the translation of bamboo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bamboo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bamboo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

竹子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bambú
570 millions of speakers

English

bamboo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बांस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خَيْرُزان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бамбук
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bambu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাঁশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bambou
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buluh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bambus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대나무
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cây tre
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூங்கில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बांबू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bambu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bambù
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bambus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бамбук
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bambus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπαμπού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bamboes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bambu
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bambus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bamboo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BAMBOO»

The term «bamboo» is very widely used and occupies the 10.028 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BAMBOO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bamboo» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bamboo» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bamboo

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10 QUOTES WITH «BAMBOO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bamboo.
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Diane Ackerman
For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to sea on their bellies, giant pandas holding bamboo lollipops in China or tree porcupines in the Canadian Rockies, balled up like giant pine cones.
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Marlon Brando
With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes.
3
Romola Garai
My alter egos have changed a lot over the years. When I was a child, I was a black horse called Storm. Whinnying and jumping over bamboo poles in the garden took up pretty much my entire childhood.
4
Eddie Huang
I wanted to inspire people not to work under a bamboo ceiling. Whatever you are - yellow, black, white, brown - you don't have to allow your skin to define who you are or how you operate your business. There's not one face to anything.
5
Steve Lacy
Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. bamboo is a magnificent plant.
6
Bruce Lee
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.
7
Ramakrishna
God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
8
Elliott Smith
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
9
Rory Stewart
When my father was posted to Malaysia, we'd take bacon-and-egg sandwiches in our backpacks and go hiking in the jungle or make bamboo rafts to sail down rivers.
10
Derek Walcott
Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, like those bamboo thighs of the god.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BAMBOO»

Discover the use of bamboo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bamboo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bamboo
This tale is set in turn-of-the-century China. When Bamboo, a young farmer, sets off to try to earn his fortune in the New World, his sister-in-law schemes to steal his ancestral lands.
Paul Yee, 2005
2
Bamboo People
Two Burmese boys, one a Karenni refugee and the other the son of an imprisoned Burmese doctor, meet in the jungle and in order to survive they must learn to trust each other.
Mitali Perkins, 2012
3
Bamboo Among the Oaks: Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans
" Eight years later, this collection -- containing selections from the journal as well as new submissions.
Mai Neng Moua, 2008
4
The Bamboo Flute
In a rural Australian community in 1932, twelve-year-old Paul has his predictable life brightened when a drifter helps him make a flute and teaches him how to play it.
Garry Disher, 1992
5
So Far from the Bamboo Grove
In the midst of suffering, acts of kindness, as exemplified by a family of Koreans who risk their own lives to help Yoko's brother, are inspiring reminders of the strength and resilience of the human spirit.
Yoko Kawashima Watkins, 1994
6
Bamboo Style
Goldberg reveals how to creatively bring bamboo home, teaching readers how to live with it indoors and outdoors--even how to grow their own bamboo.
Gale Beth Goldberg, 2004
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The Anatomy of Bamboo Culms
This landmark monograph by renowned wood biologist, forestry expert and bamboo specialist, Professor Walter Liese, whose innovative work on the study of anatomical structure using advanced microscopy and other techniques has won him wide ...
Walter Liese, 1998
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Building Bamboo Fences
Building Bamboo Fences is a Japan Publications publication.
Isao Yoshikawa, 2001
9
The Bamboo Cradle: A Jewish Father's Story
Adopting a Chinese baby leads an American professor and his wife to the discovery of their own Jewish heritage. An absorbing, true story to read and re-read.
Avraham Schwartzbaum, 1988
10
Bamboo
From Pablo Picasso to the allure of the British caff, from Charles Dickens to Catherine Deneuve, from mini-cabs to Brideshead Revisited, this collection proves an engrossing and revealing companion to the work of one of Britain's leading ...
William Boyd, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BAMBOO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bamboo is used in the context of the following news items.
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Exclusive: The New Wonder Woman—Gal Gadot—Talks About …
If you take a step back, however, and think about bamboo as a design element, the handles of the house's signature leather shopper quickly ... «Style.com, Jul 15»
2
Dudley Zoo want you to bring in your bamboo
Anyone who can help should bring their bamboo roots to the main zoo entrance inside the Safari Gift Shop and leave them with the customer ... «Halesowen News, Jul 15»
3
Green is the new black, bringing bamboo sportswear to the UAE
As producers of the first t-shirts in the UAE to be made 70 percent bamboo and 30 percent organic cotton, Changco says that ethics and ... «Wamda, Jul 15»
4
WATCH: Sarah G, Jason Dy, Bamboo serenade young contestant in …
In a last attempt to win Gift to their respective teams, both Sarah and Bamboo also serenaded her. Bamboo even blended in strains of Gift's ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
5
Bamboo Room reopens briefly, with a bang
Any reopening by the Bamboo Room in Lake Worth, one of South Florida's top all-time nightclubs, qualifies as can't-miss — even if it's for three ... «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»
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To do: Bamboo Room in Lake Worth starts 3-day party Thursday
The Bamboo Room in Lake Worth Tuesday, June 23, 2015. ... Join the fun at the Bamboo Room this three-day weekend for live jazz, blues, ... «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»
7
Bamboo Chalets… adding to tourism's charm in Seychelles
The Bamboo Chalets are a 10-room tourism establishment which was recently re-opened on La Digue island by the country's Tourism and ... «eTurboNews, Jul 15»
8
Chai and Bamboo get to know elephants at Oklahoma Zoo
Asian elephants Chai and Bamboo have begun to settle in to their new ... Keepers spotted Bamboo touching trunks with 6-month-old Achara ... «KING5.com, Jun 15»
9
Made of bamboo, but stronger than steel bikes
Inside Katara's Building Number 5, a winsome fixed-gear Bambu Campos bicycle is parked in style, and the whole chic range of bamboo and ... «Gulf Times, Jun 15»
10
Houses Made of Bamboo
Ibuku, a team of designers and builders headed by Elora Hardy in Bali make houses out of bamboo, one of the most sustainable, versatile and ... «Jetson Green, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bamboo [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bamboo>. Apr 2024 ».
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