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    Rod
    /räd/

    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"
  2. 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. Jun 2, 2024 · A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks. I notched a rod and used it to measure the length of rope to cut. ( archaic) A unit of length equal to 1 pole, a perch, 1. ⁄.

  4. Rod definition: a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.. See examples of ROD used in a sentence.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. the aqueous fluid contained within the interstices of the vitreous body. part of the eye. the light-sensitive membrane forming the inner lining of the posterior wall of the eyeball, composed largely of a specialized terminal expansion of the optic nerve.

  10. to control a person or a group of people very severely. Definition of rod noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. 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.

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