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Burlap vs Bamboo - What's the difference?

burlap | bamboo |

As nouns the difference between burlap and bamboo

is that burlap is (us) a very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax or hemp, and used to make sacks etc while bamboo is a grass of the poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe.

As an adjective bamboo is

made of the wood of the bamboo.

As a verb bamboo is

to flog with a bamboo cane.

burlap

English

(wikipedia burlap)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax or hemp, and used to make sacks etc.

    • Synonyms

    * (UK) hessian

    See also

    * sackcloth

    bamboo

    English

    (wikipedia bamboo)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe.
  • The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
  • a didgeridoo
  • (slang) A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.

    • Derived terms

    * bamboo ceiling * bamboo clam * Bamboo Curtain, bamboo curtain * bamboo man

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of the wood of the bamboo.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To flog with a bamboo cane.
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