noun
bamboo
bam-BOO
noun
1
A fast-growing woody grass with hollow, jointed stems, used for building and furniture.
"The fence was made entirely of bamboo poles."
"Pandas eat huge amounts of bamboo every day."
adj
1
Made from bamboo.
"She bought a set of bamboo cutting boards."
How to Use Bamboo
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA tall, hollow-stemmed grass used for building, furniture, and food (for pandas), also used as an adjective for things made of it.
Common pairings
bamboo shoots
bamboo flooring
bamboo forest
Word Forms
bambooed past tense, bamboos plural, bamboos singular
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Etymology
Traced through Dutch and Portuguese back to a Kannada word, ultimately from a Dravidian root referring to the neem or similar tree.