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    rod
    /rɒd/

    noun

    • 1. a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal: "concrete walls reinforced with steel rods" Similar barstickpolebaton
    • 2. a fishing rod: "he hooked an enormous fish which almost pulled the rod from out of his hands"

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  2. rod. noun. ˈräd. Synonyms of rod. 1. a (1) : a straight slender stick growing on or cut from a tree or bush. (2) : osier. (3) : a stick or bundle of twigs used to punish. also : punishment. (4) : a shepherd's cudgel. (5) : a pole with a line and usually a reel attached for fishing. b (1) : a slender bar (as of wood or metal) (2)

  3. ROD definition: 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.

  4. 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. 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.

  6. 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. litter grabber. litter picker. maypole. pointer. shaft. stake. tent pole

  7. A rod is a long, thin metal or wooden bar. ...a 15-foot thick roof that was reinforced with steel rods. 2. See also fishing rod, lightning rod. More Synonyms of rod. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. British English pronunciation. American English pronunciation. Collins. Apps. English Quiz.

  8. 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. A straight, slender shoot or stem cut from, or still part of, a bush or tree. Any straight, or almost straight, stick, shaft, bar, staff, etc., of wood, metal, or other material. Curtain rods, a lightning rod. An offshoot or branch of a family or tribe; stock or race.

  10. 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. authority, sway, or rule, especially when tyrannical.

  11. ROD definition: a thin, straight pole: . Learn more.