Bamboo

What do we mean by bamboo?

Any of various usually woody, temperate or tropical plants chiefly of the genera Arundinaria, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Phyllostachys, or Sasa in the grass family. Certain species of bamboo can reach heights of 20 to 30 meters (66 to 98 feet). noun

The hard or woody, jointed, often hollow stems of these plants, used in construction and to make various kinds of utensils. noun

Fabric or yarn manufactured from these plants. noun

To beat with a bamboo; punish by flogging with a smooth lath of bamboo; bastinado.

The common name of the arborescent grasses belonging to the genus Bambusa (which see) and its allies. noun

In the West Indies, a tall climbing grass of the genus Panicum, P. divaricatum. noun

In Queensland, a coarse grass, Stipa micrantha. noun

A stick or cane from the stem of the bamboo. noun

In pottery, a name given to a cane-colored biscuit made by Wedgwood. noun

An Eastern measure of length, equal in Pondicherry to 3⅔ meters. noun

In Sumatra, a measure of capacity: in Bencoolen, equal to the United States (Winchester) gallon; in Achin, to 5 pints. noun

A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries. noun

To flog with the bamboo. transitive verb

A plant; a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem. noun

The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane. noun

A didgeridoo noun

A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home. noun

Made of the wood of the bamboo. adjective

To flog with a bamboo cane. verb

The hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles noun

A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the Bambuseae tribe.

The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.

A didgeridoo.

A member of the British military or British East India Company who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.

Words that are spelled similarly to bamboo:
bamboo, baboo, samboo, bambou, bambos.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bamboo:
nipa, rattan, lemur, canes, lemurs, slips, scaffolding, flooring, flute, sticks, annals, reeds, stalk, groves, viper, mats, rods, cane, charcoal, coconut, strips, rat, weaving, poles, dong, fibre, stick, woven, spears, pipes, banana, grass, cutter, straw, mat, shark, flowering, basket, curtain, silk, palm, cooked, dried, rod, forests, stems, coral, grove, rats, shoot, tube, cloth, instrument, organ, pole, fiber, strings, crafts, rice, wood, furniture, percussion, holes, trees, forest, tea, wooden, planted, chicken, leaves, reed, instruments, pipe, tree, han, leaf, giant, frame, plants, garden, craft, endemic, timber, diameter, plastic, chinese, species, thai, varieties, sword, eat, materials, grow, pine, fly, clay, flowers, traditionally, thick, genus.

Words that rhyme with bamboo:
to, through, blue, into, do, you, que, view, pursue, hew, purview, review, queue, eschew, accrue, cue, new, true, due, two, screw, coup, rue, slew, revenue, shoe, imbue, crew, too, u, hue, lieu, tissue, skew, ensue, stew, few, rendezvous, construe, avenue, breakthrough, guru, brew, debut, sue, who, ado, boo, flu, hitherto, strew, woo, overview, shrew, taboo, ewe, yahoo, glue, coo, subdue, clue, loo, redo, outdo, undo, tattoo, retinue, poo, undue, pew, spew, thru, askew, adieu, vue, q, ingenue, goo, statue, interview, lulu, dew, barbecue, anew, vu, yew, cuckoo, renew, canoe, xu, emu, residue, chew, shue, gnu, flue, mew, zoo, overdo, roux.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bamboo:
split, long, green, hollow, tall, large, giant, small, thick, young, plaited, thin, heavy, light, dry, feathery, slender, black, big, stout, graceful, fine, wild, strong, heavenly, japanese, sharpened, sharp, chinese, male, dense, yellow, thorny, golden, fresh, native, foot, dead, hard, straight, bent, polished, jointed, solid, dried, pointed, splitting, beautiful, twisted, broken, spiny, flexible, pliant, sacred, prickly, hardy, braided, upright, wattled, lacquered, huge, enough, delicate, useful, round, tough, flat, cut, raw, wet, carved, tropical.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bamboo:
pole, shoots, cane, poles, matting, forest, grass, chair, groves, canes, shoot, sticks, mats, furniture, spine, trees, hat, work, stem, jungle, rod, rods, floor, leaves, thickets, baskets, clump, tubes, table, pipes, flooring, handle, flutes, flute, huts, clumps, sprouts, stalks, spears, forests, pulp, couch, rat, blind, sword, strips, wall, paper, pen, scaffolding, walls, root, pipe, grove, roof, rafts, tube, wood, stakes, cabin, hats, bark, skewers, stick, ware, brush, instrument, curtains, workers, bier, blinds, houses, legs, joint, basket, broom, curtain, reed, shade, reeds, containers, fences, enclosure, mat, screens, products, post, palm, tree, branches, stems, chairs, organ, cutter, slips, ladders, bushes, cages.

Consonant match to bamboo:
bimbo, bambi, bombay, bamber, bomba, bemba, bamba, bomb bay, bomb be, bumbaugh.

Words that sound like bamboo:
bamboo, bambu, bambou, bambi, bamba, bombay, bimbo, bomba, bumby, bamboos, bumba, bumbo, bombo, bombie, bimba, bembo, bemba, bum boy, bomb bay, pamby, bumpy, bama, booboo, babby, babu, boo-boo, baboo, bam bam, bubu, boom boom, bamber, bammy, babba, benbow, bami, boo boo, babbie, bamp, bun b, bamah, babbo, boubou, bambus, bembe, bambin, bambos, bbu, pumbaa, pampa, hamby, hambo, pombo, palm bay, pemba, hamba, pomba, baby, bam, baba, bab, balmy, banna, babie, babs, bana, bby, babt, babboon, babi, bboy, babb, beamy, bbw, babo, bams, baybay, bamm, batboy, banu, bamn, be my, b-boy, balbo, bat boy, babbs, bahm, bamberg, bbi, b b, baima, bang bang, balbi, bampot, bamburg, bamburgh, banni, bean pie, bang-bang, bawbee, b boy.