Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of
bamboo .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The otter had moved around the counter and had vanished behind a bamboolike screen.
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The spear was a length of crude bamboolike fibrous growth, and he knew who would have used it.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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The spear was a length of crude bamboolike fibrous growth, and he knew who would have used it.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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The spear was a length of crude bamboolike fibrous growth, and he knew who would have used it.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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In an emergency he felt that he could break through the bamboolike material, but that would not be a quick escape.
Mind Meld Vornholt, John 1997
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After bathing, the hollow stems of a bamboolike plant could be used to siphon out the dirty water.
Enemy Mine Longyear, Barry 1979
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If we had had a knife we might have fulfilled this want, as we could have made bows, arrows, and spears from the hard, outer wood of this bamboolike plant.
Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939
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Ed had been poling me around in a patch of tall bamboolike reeds punctuated by bays, channels and potholes where I’d caught several bass, including a couple of nice big ones.
Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008
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Ed had been poling me around in a patch of tall bamboolike reeds punctuated by bays, channels and potholes where I’d caught several bass, including a couple of nice big ones.
Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008
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Ed had been poling me around in a patch of tall bamboolike reeds punctuated by bays, channels and potholes where I’d caught several bass, including a couple of nice big ones.
Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008
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