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   rod

   /räd/

   noun

   • 1. a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal: "concrete walls reinforced with steel rods" Similar barstickpolebatonstaffshaftstrutrailspokecanebirchswitchhistorical:knout
   • ▪ a wand or staff as a symbol of office, authority, or power: "the royal insignia included the ring, the scepter, and the rod" Similar staffwandmacesceptercaduceus
   • ▪ a slender straight stick or shoot growing on or cut from a tree or bush: "the roof is formed of willow and hazel rods woven between willow rafters"
   • ▪ a stick used for caning or flogging: "he swung the rod again in a threatening arc"
   • ▪ the use of a stick as punishment: "if you'd been my daughter, you'd have felt the rod" Similar corporal punishmentthe canethe lashthe birchthe beltthe strapbeatingfloggingcaningbirching
   • ▪ a penis. vulgar slang
   • 2. a fishing rod: "he hooked an enormous fish which almost pulled the rod from out of his hands"
   • 3. a linear measure, especially for land, equal to 51/2 yards (approximately 5.029 m). historical British
   • ▪ a square measure, especially for land, equal to 160th of an acre or 301/4 square yards (approximately 25.29 sq m).
   • 4. a pistol or revolver. informal US
   • 5. a light-sensitive cell of one of the two types present in large numbers in the retina of the eye, responsible mainly for monochrome vision in poor light.

   Word Origin late Old Englishrodd ‘slender shoot growing on or cut from a tree’, also ‘straight stick or bundle of twigs used to inflict punishment’; probably related to Old Norse rudda ‘club’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rodless adjective
   • 2. rodlet noun
   • 3. rodlike adjective

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   The meaning of ROD is a straight slender stick growing on or cut from a tree or bush. How to use rod in a sentence.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishROD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a long, thin pole made of wood or metal: He was given a fishing rod for his birthday. The concrete is strengthened with steel rods. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Poles, rods, shafts and sticks. bargepole. baton. billy club. boathook. bollard. cane. lathi-charge. lightning conductor. litter grabber. litter picker. pointer. shaft.

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   noun. a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material. a straight, slender shoot or stem of any woody plant, whether still growing or cut from the plant. fishing rod. (in plastering or mortaring) a straightedge moved along screeds to even the plaster between them. a stick used for measuring.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishROD definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. a slim cylinder of metal, wood, etc; stick or shaft. 2. a switch or bundle of switches used to administer corporal punishment. 3. any of various staffs of insignia or office. 4. power, esp of a tyrannical kind. a dictator's iron rod.

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   4 days ago · A rod is a bar or a stick, like the curtain rods in your windows or the steel rods inside the structure of a building that help make it sturdy. A rod can be a staff, like a walking stick, or a metal bar used in construction projects.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryROD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary - Cambridge...

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   ROD meaning: 1. a long, thin pole made of wood or metal: 2. a type of cell in the retina (= part at the back of…. Learn more.

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   A thin straight piece or bar of material, such as metal or wood, often having a particular function or use, as: a. A fishing rod. b. A piston rod. c. An often expandable horizontal bar, especially of metal, used to suspend household items such as curtains or towels. d. A leveling rod.

9. www.wordreference.com › definition › rodrod - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

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   square perch or pole. a stick, or a bundle of sticks or switches bound together, used as an instrument of punishment. punishment or discipline: Not one to spare the rod, I sent him to bed without dinner. a wand, staff, or scepter carried as a symbol of office, authority, power, etc.

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    Definition of rod noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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