The word is in the Wiktionary

13 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• bamboo n. A fast-growing grass of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
• bamboo n. (Uncountable) The wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc.
• bamboo n. (Countable) A stick, rod, pole, or cane of bamboo, especially one used for corporal punishment.
• bamboo n. (Slang) A didgeridoo.
• bamboo n. (Slang) A member of the British military or British East India Company who spent so much time in Indonesia…
• bamboo adj. Made of the wood of the bamboo.
• bamboo v. (Transitive) To flog with a bamboo cane.
• bamboo v. (Transitive) To paint (Furniture, etc.) to give it the appearance of bamboo.
• bamboo v. (India, slang) To penetrate sexually.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Gooniyandi
  • bamboo n. Didgeridoo.
• Mandinka
  • bamboo n. Crocodile.

— English word, defined in French —

• bamboo n. Bambou.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• bamboo s. Bambù.

60 English words from 11 English definitions

appearance bamboo British building cane characterised Company corporal corporal␣punishment Countable Crocodile didgeridoo East especially etc fast fast-growing flog for furniture give grass growing hollow India Indonesia its jointed Made Made␣of material member military much one paint penetrate plant pole punishment rod round sexually slang so␣much spent stem stick straight subfamily the time time␣in Transitive Uncountable used who with wood woody

2 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Bambou Bambù

49 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

bamboos bambooed bambooes bambooey bambooing bambooish bamboo␣rat bamboozle bamboo␣fern bamboo␣hair bambooings bamboolike bamboo␣palm bamboo␣rats bamboo␣wife bamboowork bamboozled bamboozler bamboozles bamboo␣grass bamboo␣lemur bamboo␣palms bambooshark bamboo␣shark bamboo␣shoot bamboo␣wives bambooworks bamboozlers bamboozling bamboo␣lemurs bamboosharks bamboo␣sharks bamboo␣shoots bamboozingly bamboozlable bamboo␣ceiling bamboo␣curtain Bamboo␣Curtain Bamboo␣English bamboo␣torture bamboozleable bamboozlement bamboo␣ceilings bamboozlements bamboo␣antshrike bamboo␣baksheesh bamboo␣partridge bamboo␣antshrikes bamboo␣partridges

15 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

debamboozle moso␣bamboos black␣bamboos debamboozled debamboozles lucky␣bamboos unbamboozled common␣bamboos debamboozling golden␣bamboos heavenly␣bamboos Buddha␣belly␣bamboos greater␣bamboo␣lemur greater␣bamboo␣lemurs tortoise-shell␣bamboos

12 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

moso␣bamboo arrow␣bamboo black␣bamboo henon␣bamboo lucky␣bamboo common␣bamboo golden␣bamboo heavenly␣bamboo broadleaf␣bamboo Buddha␣belly␣bamboo cherry-merry-bamboo tortoise-shell␣bamboo

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

amb amb. ambo bam Bam BAM boo Boo MBO

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

BMA B.␣M.␣A. mab mAb Mab MAb -mab OoB OOB

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bamboos bombora boom␣bap mahboob manboob man-boob man␣boob

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

A-bomb baboo bomba Bomba bombo booba

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Bammoo bumboo jamboo samboo tamboo yamboo

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

baboo

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