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bamboo
CEFRB2
/bæmˈbu/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A tall plant with hollow stems used for building and making things.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA stick, rod, pole, or cane of bamboo, especially one used as a vessel for liquids, or as a tool for corporal punishment.
Examples
The bamboo gave but did not break.
The panda's natural habitat is the bamboo forest.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈbambu/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsWood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc.
Any of the fast-growing grasses of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
A didgeridoo.
More examples
In contextPandas feed on bamboo grass.
However, the late Hsia and the Shang were considerably warmer, possibly comparable to Hang-chou today, an area where bamboo proliferates.
The craze for bambooing furniture and accessories was one of many popular paint techniques in the 18th century and early Victorian era.
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Origin
noun
Borrowed from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu), variant form of ಬೇವು (bēvu). Cognate with Malayalam വേപ്പ് (vēppŭ), Telugu వేప (vēpa), from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu (“neem”).