bamboo

[US]/bæm'buː/
[UK]/ˌbæm'bu/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. bamboo

Phrases & Collocations

bamboo forest

bamboo shoot

bamboo leaves

bamboo grove

bamboo pole

bamboo curtain

bamboo basket

bamboo raft

bamboo fence

Example Sentences

bamboo furniture; bamboo sticks.

Bamboo is a sort of hollow plant.

Pass me a bamboo rod.

She sometimes uses a bamboo as a stick.

smashing bamboo stems with a hammer;

The piece of bamboo makes a musical sound.

Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.

The bamboo whipped back and hit me in the face.

The top layer of Bamboo Charcoal can remove niff &absorb moisture.

Conclusion: VPC can be used to determine the guajacolum in bamboo juice.

small squares of canvas were stretched over the bamboo frame.

roll paint: Bamboo's floor, PVC knot board, jalousie, plywood.

Once, there was a leaf of bamboo raft ferrying between today and yestreen, but it now vanished with only a broken rope and pole left.

Hypnotic rhythms and harmonic voices , sarangi, sarod, bamboo flutes and strings in this masterpiece of sound and silence. ~ devakant.com.

Real-world Examples

Bamboo is light because it is hollow.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

And tiny bamboo lemurs eat nothing except bamboo.

Source: Earth's Pulse Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)

It turns bamboo into a viable building material.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) May 2015 Compilation

Pandas in the wild usually eat bamboo.

Source: Shanghai Education Oxford Edition Junior High School English Grade 8 Volume 2

In 2010, McClelland founded Bambikes, a company that turns locally sourced bamboo into bike frames.

Source: VOA Standard September 2013 Collection

Bamboo poles for hoisting banners rest against them.

Source: The Economist - International

The biggest-ever bamboo shoot in Suichang was harvested in his bamboo forest.

Source: A Bite of China Season 1

And this was done with a bamboo pole?

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

Sufia told Yunus that she borrowed nine cents to buy the bamboo to make each seat.

Source: Global Slow English

The nature parks will be big and there will be more bamboo to feed the pandas.

Source: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Junior Middle School English

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