Definitions for bamboos

bamboos bam·boo

Spelling: [bam-boo]
IPA: /bæmˈbu/

Bamboos is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in bamboos (abbmoos).

Definitions for bamboos

noun

  1. any of the woody or treelike tropical and semitropical grasses of the genera Bambusa, Phyllostachys, Dendrocalamus, and allied genera, having woody, usually hollow stems with stalked blades and flowering only after years of growth.
  2. the stem of such a plant, used as a building material and for making furniture, poles, etc.

Origin of bamboos

1590-1600; spelling variant of earlier bambu Malay, apparently Dravidian; compare Kannada bambu, bombu a large, hollow bam-boo (or directly bambus Dutch bamboes; compare New Latin bambūsa

Examples for bamboos

When she was young, the homes were made of bamboo and there were no cars or motorbikes.

The young man weaves through clusters of bamboo and cuts a diagonal slash into a tree, positioning a hollow log at the end.

Some facilities had begun erecting “bamboo hand washing stations” at the entrance to hospitals, but not enough.

bamboo is used in the construction of the body frame, and also for the frame of the tail.

Within the room was a bed of bamboo, without covers or pillows.

The “bamboo basket” is a Moses motive which occurs in other Chinese fairy-tales.

The rooms are cold and the bamboo sticks are infused with aromas; each room exudes a different Japanese scent.

Dschang Go has a bamboo drum with two drum-sticks (and his donkey).

The framework is of bamboo, strengthened and held taut with wire guys.

Tell that to the nearby pandas, happily ensconced with their bamboo, magnificently ignoring everything.

Word Value for bamboos
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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