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• If you ever visit the bamboo gardens, I'd like to tag along.From the entry tag along
• I found a really nice roaster in the kitchenware aisle, plus a bamboo cutting board.From the entry roaster
• The diet of the giant panda consists mainly of bamboo.From the entry diet
• We were sleeping in spartan army-style tents, albeit tents with plumbed-in toilets behind bamboo screens out back.2026 April 21, Cal Flyn, “On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife”, in The Guardian. From the entry plumb in
• A woman holds a large bamboo shoot in Tainan’s Zuojhen District yesterday.2025 June 12, “Big shot”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025, Taiwan News, page 3. From the entry Zuojhen
• Sometimes, I also used the night to set off a bamboo raft from Xiamen harbor.2022 February, Yongming Chen, Zhiyu Zhang, “Practicing the Cold War: What Communism Meant for Xiamen Fishermen/Women in the 1950s and…. From the entry Erdan
• She tells me they are now going back to using bamboo.2021, Sam Galliford, Rockfall. From the entry polypipe
• Three women standing beneath were gathering fruits in baskets made of bamboo.2015, Chandra Prakash Kala, Nanda's Neelkanth, page 53. From the entry kafal
• They assembled home-cut poles of bamboo—a two-piecer for Tobias, a three-piecer for his father.2009, PJ Piccirillo, Heartwood, Middleton Books, →ISBN, page 5. From the entry piecer
• They also planted bushes and constructed trellis works of bamboo saplings to cover exposed portions of roads.2009, John Darrell Sherwood, “Air Operations in Laos”, in Nixon’s Trident: Naval Power in Southeast Asia, 1968–1972 (The U.S. Navy and the…. From the entry trellis work
• Rodents are represented by four families: squirrels, Old World porcupines, mice and rats, and bamboo rats.2008, Barbara A. Holzman, Tropical Forest Biomes, page 115. From the entry Old World porcupine
• “A new bamboo curtain may be coming down on Southeast Asia,” he worried.2008 September, Robert D. Kaplan, “Lifting the Bamboo Curtain”, in The Atlantic. From the entry bamboo curtain
• We should have the bazaars full of yakitori pitches and geishas in bamboo cages.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 851. From the entry yakitori
• They passed alder swamps and bamboo groves and pale green reindeer moss.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 870. From the entry reindeer moss
• She says the changes brought by the Internet will help crack the bamboo ceiling.2000 May 14, Stephanie Strom, “Rising Internet Use Quietly Transforms Way Japanese Live”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Apr 2014. From the entry bamboo ceiling
• Traditionally zōri were made with a bamboo sole and woven from bamboo or grass.1999, Gilles Poitras, The Anime Companion: What’s Japanese in Japanese Animation?, Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, →ISBN, page 151. From the entry zōri
• That's why you might want to try gibnut, bamboo chicken and cow's foot soup.1993, Richard Harris, Stacy Ritz, edited by Joanna Pearlman, The Maya Route: The Ultimate Guidebook: Yucatan, Belize, Guatemala, Cancún…. From the entry gibnut
• At that time, bamboo forests grew from Lungchi to Chishan, in Kaohsiung.1984 November 1, “Kuanmiao crafts comfort for the world”, in Taiwan Today, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2023. From the entry Chishan
• The iron-bound bamboo staves, known as lâtees, with which most disputes among rival zemindars were traditionally settled.1973, JG Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur. From the entry lathi
• Bambooing at low temperatures is apparently due to the formation of an unstable hydrodynamic film.1972, Journal of the Institute of Metals, volume 100, page 81. From the entry bambooing
• Nearer to the water pink-footed geese and white-faced coots paraded in the groves of rhus and bamboo.1971, Iris Murdoch, An Accidental Man, page 120. From the entry parade
• It is known for the beauty of its peaks, waterfalls, bamboo groves and flowers.1964, 任育地 [Jen Yu-ti], 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 127. From the entry Yentang
• On this floor is spread in places matting made of bamboo grass.1912, James Hudson Maurer, The Far East. From the entry bedcord
• The district office is to launch a campaign to promote the consumption of the bamboo shoot this summer.2025 June 12, “Big shot”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025, Taiwan News, page 3. From the entry Zuojhen
• 'Here we have a pocket nappy with bamboo boosters.2023 June, Kat Ailes, The Expectant Detectives: The Hilarious Cosy Crime Mystery where Pregnant Women Turn Detective, Bonnier Publishing…. From the entry pocket nappy
• The fitted nappies (the inner part) are made from bamboo viscose, which makes them super-absorbent for overnight use.2023 June 27, Zoe Pickburn, “Best reusable and eco-friendly nappies that are better for the planet”, in Evening Standard. From the entry fitted nappy
• The coastal morning glory was left to creep up a bamboo pole that leaned against the kapok tree.2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 111. From the entry kapok tree
• It has been described as a “bamboo ceiling.”2014 April 14, Ed Silverstein, “Asian-American GCs meet in Chicago to expand career opportunities”, in Inside Counsel, retrieved 28 Apr 2014. From the entry bamboo ceiling
• He was lying on a bamboo bed in the traditional doctor's hut at the jungliest edge of the village.2000, Martin Bennett, Rosamund Fowler, Tales from West Africa. From the entry jungly
• Outside I could hear the bamboo chick tapping on the door like a blind man's stick on a kerbstone.1999, Kevin Rushby, chapter 10, in Chasing the Mountain of Light: Across India on the Trail of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond, New York: St.…. From the entry chick
• Use a wide bamboo or metal leaf rake to gather up all the thatch ripped out by the verticutter.1999, Maureen Gilmer, The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Beautiful Lawn, →ISBN, page 330. From the entry verticutter
• The most suitable subjects for bambooing are turned or cane furniture, rounded mouldings and light, wooden picture frames.1994, Penny Swift, The Complete Book of Paint Techniques, New Holland, page 67. From the entry bambooing
• It had a very light bed or sofa cover with a bamboo arch over it—It was attended by servants carrying umbrellas.1992, Anil Ranjan Biswas, Calcutta and Calcuttans from Dihi to Megalopolis, page 361. From the entry chowpal
• Fukien bamboo ware attracts with clever combinations of natural and painted colors and is resistant to worms and mildew.1978 August, Chia-shu Wang, “The Artcraft of Weaving”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVII, number 8, Peking: China Welfare Institute…. From the entry Putien
• Run, oh splay-footed loafer, lest I pay you bamboo baksheesh.1939, “Running Commentary”, in Punch, volume 196, page 280. From the entry bamboo baksheesh
• Round the crucified animal long, sharp bamboo stakes are placed, which form chevaux de frise round about it.1909, Major A. Playfair, The Garos, page 92. From the entry cheval de frise
• The kutcha house made of mud, bamboo, and thatch and its modern replacement the pukka house, constructed of fired bricks, cement, and steel.2024 January 1, Billie Faircloth, Maibritt Pedersen Zari, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Martin Tamke, Design for Climate Adaptation…. From the entry pukka

Meaning of bamboo

1. noun Any of the fast-growing grasses of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterized by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
2. noun Wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc.
3. noun A stick, rod, pole, or cane of bamboo, especially one used as a vessel for liquids, or as a tool for corporal punishment.

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Questions about bamboo in a sentence

How do you use bamboo in a sentence?

Bamboo is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “If you ever visit the bamboo gardens, I'd like to tag along.”

What is a short sentence with bamboo?

“It has been described as a “bamboo ceiling.””

What does bamboo mean?

Bamboo means any of the fast-growing grasses of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterized by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.