Meaning

5 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Any of the fast-growing grasses of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterized by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.

  2. (uncountable)Wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc.

    Bambusse, Bambus, Bambusrohr

    бамбу́кbambúk, бамбу́кbambúk, бамбу́ковая тростьbambúkovaja trostʹ

    бамбу́кbambúk

  3. (countable)A stick, rod, pole, or cane of bamboo, especially one used as a vessel for liquids, or as a tool for corporal punishment.

  4. (countable, slang, uncountable)A didgeridoo.

  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)A member of the British military or British East India Company who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never returned home.

More definitions
  • woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
  • the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles

Examples

58 sentences

  1. The panda is eating bamboo.

    Панда їсть бамбук. — deniko

    ruПанда ест бамбук. — Wezel

    deDer Panda frisst Bambus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. We walked through the bamboo grove.

    deWir wandelten durch den Bambushain. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom made a bamboo flute for Mary.

    deTom hat Mary eine Bambusflöte gemacht. — Vortarulo

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  4. Tom was the one who made this bamboo flute.

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  5. There's bamboo growing in the garden.

    ruВ саду растёт бамбук. — Wezel

    deIm Garten wächst Bambus. — pullnosemans

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 2
plant:
wood:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
plant:
wood:

Origin

Borrowed from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (ba

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”).

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Forms

plural: bamboos
Singularbamboo
Pluralbamboos

regular

Word family

41 related words
Derivedarrow bamboobamboo antshrikebamboo baksheeshbamboo borerbamboo ceilingbamboo coralbamboo curtainbamboo diplomacybambooeybamboo fernbamboo grassbamboo hairbambooishbamboo lemurbamboolikebamboo palmbamboo partridgebamboo ratbamboo sharkbamboo shootbamboo torturebamboo vinebamboowarebamboo wife

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
balmbalmybaloneybanB2banalbanality

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