bamboo
bam·boo [ (ˌ)bam-ˈbü]
[(ˌ)bam-ˈbü]
plural bamboos
: any of various woody or arborescent grasses (as of the genera Bambusa, Arundinaria, and Dendrocalamus of the subfamily Bambusoideae) of tropical and temperate regions having hollow stems, thick rhizomes, and shoots that are used for food
also : the jointed stem of bamboo used especially for building, furniture, and utensils
Recent Examples on the Web
//Back in April, his mother Khurshida Begum says her neighbor's daughter and her husband, a Bangladeshi citizen, visited her home, a tiny shelter made of bamboo poles and plastic sheets.
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Leif Coorlim And Thomas Page, CNN, "Stolen son: The child traffickers preying on the Rohingya," 31 Aug. 2019
//But in a pattern that has been established for months, more aggressive protesters began building barriers on city streets using sidewalk railings and bamboo poles.
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Austin Ramzy, BostonGlobe.com, "Hong Kong officer fires shot, and police use water cannons at protest," 25 Aug. 2019
//While a large crowd rallied in the park, a group of hard-line protesters took over a main street, strewing bamboo poles on the pavement and lining up orange and white traffic barriers and cones to obstruct police.
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Kin Cheung, The Denver Post, "Hong Kong police draw guns, arrest 36 in latest protest," 25 Aug. 2019
//But in a pattern that has been established for months, more aggressive protesters began building barriers on city streets using sidewalk railings and bamboo poles.
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Austin Ramzy, New York Times, "Hong Kong Officer Fires Shot, and Police Use Water Cannons at Protest," 25 Aug. 2019
//While a large crowd rallied in the park, a group of hard-line protesters took over a main street, strewing bamboo poles on the pavement and lining up orange and white traffic barriers and cones to obstruct police.
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NBC News, "Hong Kong police use water cannon on protesters as pro-democracy fight continues," 25 Aug. 2019
//Each day of training camp with the Jiangsu Dragons began with a two-mile run at 5 a.m., followed by weightlifting using cinder blocks affixed to bamboo poles.
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Alex Prewitt, SI.com, "How Do You Say 'Cheesecake Factory' In Mandarin? Behind the Scenes of Life in the Chinese Basketball Association," 27 June 2019
//Red pandas are found in the wild in high-altitude forests of bamboo in Asia.
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Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, "’3 pounds of adorable’: Baby red panda at zoo’s Virginia facility is growing," 30 Aug. 2019
//Black excellence, beauty and achievement are represented with golden shea butter bars, pieces that resemble bamboo earrings, and the names of prominent women in Black culture adorning a do-rag crown/cape.
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Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, "29Rooms pop-up is back in Chicago, promising to ‘expand your reality.’ Here’s a look inside.," 18 July 2019
First Known Use of bamboo
1586, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for bamboo
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More Definitions forbamboo
: a tall plant with hard hollow stems that are used for building and to make furniture, tools, etc.
: a tall treelike tropical grass with a hard hollow jointed stem that is used in making furniture and in building