Bamboo
[bæm'buː] or [,bæm'bu]
Definition
(noun.) woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture.
(noun.) the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles.
Editor: Sonya--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.
(v. t.) To flog with the bamboo.
Checker: Selma
Definition
n. a gigantic Indian reed or grass with hollow-jointed stem and of hard texture.
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Examples
- St. Clare was stretched on a bamboo lounge in the verandah, solacing himself with a cigar. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The two brothers ran up the verandah steps, and were soon seated at a light bamboo stand, with the backgammon-board between them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Now he began his exhaustive study of bamboo. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Then he took a bamboo fish-pole, put a piece of paper at the end, and touched it off. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These canes are terminated by tubes of pipe-clay, to prevent their being burnt, and other bamboo canes conduct the gas intended for lighting the streets, and into large apartments and kitchens. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He had even determined upon bamboo as the best material for filaments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- With others who have given much attention to this remarkable reed, I believe that in its manifold uses the bamboo is the world's greatest dendral benefactor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He sent out a number of men to hunt this bamboo, and it is said that the search cost nearly $100,000. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- At this time Mr. Edison had discovered that the fibre of a certain bamboo afforded a very desirable carbon for the electric lamp, and the variety of bamboo used was a product of Japan. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At last, when I sent men out hunting for bamboo, I dispatched Segredor to Cuba. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- No; she shall marry the bamboo cane, I'll settle it this very night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The use of Japanese bamboo for carbon filaments was therefore continued in the manufacture of lamps, although an incessant search was maintained for a still more perfect material. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. McGowan found in these regions a great variety of bamboo, small and large, some species growing seventy-five to one hundred feet in height, and from six to nine inches in diameter. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He picked it up and, looking it over, observed that it had a binding rim made of bamboo, cut from the outer edge of the cane; a very long strip. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Six thousand specimens of bamboo were carbonized, and he found three kinds of bamboo and one of cane that gave almost the result he wanted. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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