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shamboo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ʃæmˈbu/
• shăm-bo͞oʹ

Etymology

Blend of sham + bamboo.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Artificial bamboo.
   • Locklear was glad of her absence; it gave him time to finish a laminated shamboo handle for his blade, bound with thread, and to collect the thickest poles of shamboo he could find. The blade was sharp enough to trim the poles quickly, and tough enough to hold an edge. 1990 April 1, Dean Ing, chapter 3, in Cathouse, Baen Books, →ISBN, page 60:
   • Higher skids off the ground, so he could work beneath the raft; a better method for winding that weight up and down; and a sturdy shamboo mast for his single sail—better still, a two-piece mast bound in a narrow Aframe to those […] 2013 June 15, Larry Niven, Stephen Hickman, Poul Anderson, Dean Ing, The Man-Kzin Wars: 25th Anniversary Edition, 25th edition, volume 1, Baen Publishing Enterprises, →ISBN:
   • The cargo bay contained a number of large crates, woven shamboo strips on a framework of larger stems. He emptied four and began methodically packing. 2010 April 27, S.M. Stirling, The Sky People, volume 1, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 154:
   • The giant cage with shamboo bars surrounded an artificial pond, and there in that place, Aaron and his acolytes were doing something that no one believed could be done: they were taming grendels. 2020 April 7, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes, Starborn and Godsons, Baen Books, →ISBN:

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