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# bamboo

noun (bamboo — uncountable; a bamboo, bamboos for kinds)

«bamboo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Bamboo is a very tall, fast-growing plant, a kind of giant grass, with hard hollow stems divided into sections. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bamboo/#m1)
2. Bamboo is also the strong, light material made from those stems, used for building, furniture, fishing rods and even toothbrushes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bamboo/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons bamboo comes up as the food of giant pandas and as one of the fastest-growing plants on Earth — some kinds grow almost a metre in a single day. In design and technology and in lessons about the environment, bamboo is a sustainable material because it grows back quickly. In Asian stories and art, bamboo is a sign of strength because it bends in the wind but does not break.

### Examples

- Pandas eat bamboo almost all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bamboo/#x1)
- Bamboo is a kind of giant grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bamboo/#x2)
- Some bamboo can grow very fast in a single day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bamboo/#x3)
- We grew beans up bamboo canes in the school garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bamboo/#x4)
- My new toothbrush is made of bamboo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bamboo/#x5)
- The bamboo stem is hollow inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bamboo/#x6)
- The bamboo bent in the storm but did not snap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bamboo/#x7)
- They built a raft from bamboo poles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bamboo/#x8)
- Long, long ago, there lived an old bamboo wood-cutter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bamboo/#x9)

### Note

Usually uncountable: «some bamboo», «a bamboo cane», «a bamboo forest». Bamboo is a grass, not a tree, even though it can be as tall as a tree. Spelling: double «o» at the end.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bamboo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bamboo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bamboo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bamboo.html) on Mova free.