bamboo

noun/bæmˈbuː/

Frequency rank: #6,402 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a tall, fast-growing tropical grass with hollow woody stems, often used as a building material or food source.

Illustration for the English word “bamboo”

Example sentence

The panda spent most of the afternoon chewing on fresh bamboo.

Synonyms & related words

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