bamboo
/ˌbæmˈbuː/noun
उच्चारण बैम्बू
बाँस
Basic word
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[C, U]
a tall tropical plant of the grass family, with hard hollow stems that are used for making furniture, building
बाँस
- a bamboo flute
- The hut was built of bamboo and thatch.
- Bamboo grows very quickly in wet weather.
+ 1 more example
- They sell baskets made of bamboo at the fair.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
bamboo (uncountable) = the material
Bamboo is usually uncountable when it means the material: say 'made of bamboo', not 'made of a bamboo'.
सामग्री के अर्थ में 'bamboo' प्रायः uncountable है: 'made of bamboo' कहें, 'made of a bamboo' नहीं।
- The baskets are made of bamboo.
- Bamboo grows very fast in Assam.
a bamboo / bamboos = the plants
For individual plants or clumps, bamboo can be countable: a bamboo, several bamboos. The plural is also written as bamboo.
अलग-अलग पौधों या झुरमुटों के लिए 'bamboo' countable भी हो सकता है: a bamboo, several bamboos; plural में केवल bamboo भी लिखा जाता है।
- Tall bamboos swayed along the river bank.
- A thick bamboo was cut for the scaffold.
bamboo + noun (modifier)
As a modifier, bamboo names the material of the next noun, which stays singular.
Modifier के रूप में 'bamboo' अगले noun की सामग्री बताता है, और वह noun singular रहता है।
- They sat on a bamboo mat.
- The village has a bamboo bridge over the stream.
bamboo + verb (grow, sway, bend)
Bamboo takes a plural verb when the plants are meant (the bamboos sway) and a singular verb as the material or a crop (bamboo grows quickly).
जब पौधों की बात हो तब 'bamboo' के साथ plural verb आती है (the bamboos sway), और सामग्री या फ़सल के रूप में singular verb (bamboo grows quickly)।
- Bamboo grows faster than most trees.
- The bamboos bent in the strong monsoon wind.
+Collocations 5
bamboo + noun
shootforeststickpolefurniturebasket
- The tribal artisans sell bamboo baskets at the fair.
adjective + bamboo
talldrygreenthicksplit
- The hut was held up by thick bamboo poles.
verb + bamboo
growcutweavesplitharvest
- Farmers in Tripura harvest bamboo for paper mills.
made of / from bamboo
furnituretoothbrushesflutesscaffolding
- Many builders still use scaffolding made of bamboo.
use of bamboo
bamboo handicraftsbamboo matbamboo scaffoldingbamboo flute
- Bamboo handicrafts from Assam are sold across India.
“More examples 6
- The flute was carved from a single piece of bamboo.
बाँसुरी बाँस के एक ही टुकड़े से तराशी गई थी।
- Bamboo is a grass, not a tree, although it grows tall.
बाँस ऊँचा बढ़ता है, फिर भी वह घास है, पेड़ नहीं।
- Radhika's grandfather made a bamboo chair for the verandah.
राधिका के दादाजी ने बरामदे के लिए बाँस की कुर्सी बनाई।
- Pandas feed mainly on bamboo shoots.
पांडा मुख्यतः बाँस की कोंपलें खाते हैं।
- The government promotes bamboo farming to help rural families earn more.
सरकार ग्रामीण परिवारों की आय बढ़ाने के लिए बाँस की खेती को बढ़ावा देती है।
- The village bridge was built of bamboo and rope.
गाँव का पुल बाँस और रस्सी से बनाया गया था।
AaSpelling
bam·boo
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Science GK: bamboo is the fastest-growing plant in the world and belongs to the grass family; in 2017, India removed bamboo grown outside forests from the definition of 'tree' under the Indian Forest Act, so that farmers could grow and sell it freely.
विज्ञान GK में बाँस दुनिया का सबसे तेज़ी से बढ़ने वाला पौधा है और घास परिवार का है; 2017 में भारत ने Indian Forest Act के तहत वनों के बाहर उगने वाले बाँस को 'वृक्ष' की परिभाषा से हटा दिया, ताकि किसान उसे स्वतंत्र रूप से उगा और बेच सकें।
The National Bamboo Mission promotes bamboo farming; north-east India has the largest bamboo resources; the giant panda feeds on bamboo.
राष्ट्रीय बाँस मिशन बाँस की खेती को बढ़ावा देता है; पूर्वोत्तर भारत में सबसे अधिक बाँस संसाधन हैं; giant panda बाँस खाता है।