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- Dictionarywand/wɒnd/
noun
- 1. a long, thin stick or rod.
- 2. a handheld electronic device which can be passed over a barcode to read the encoded data: "he waves the computer wand over the special barcode"
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an electronic device that is held in the hand and that is used to find metal, for example when checking whether someone is carrying a weapon: A security guard uses a metal-detecting wand to check out students entering the school. Screeners can detect anything metal with the help of hand-held wands.
1. : a slender staff carried in a procession : verge. 2. : a slender rod used by conjurers and magicians. 3. : a slat six feet by two inches used as a target in archery. also : a narrow strip of paper pasted vertically on a target face. 4. : any of various pipelike devices.
a straight, thin stick that is held by somebody when performing magic or magic tricks. The fairy waved her wand and the table disappeared. You can't expect me to just wave a (magic) wand and make everything all right. Want to learn more?
an electronic device that is held in the hand and that is used to find metal, for example when checking whether someone is carrying a weapon: A security guard uses a metal-detecting wand to check out students entering the school. Screeners can detect anything metal with the help of hand-held wands.
Wand definition: a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.. See examples of WAND used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a slender supple stick or twig. 2. a thin rod carried as a symbol of authority. 3. a rod used by a magician, water diviner, etc. 4. informal. a conductor's baton. 5. archery. a marker used to show the distance at which the archer stands from the target. 6.
WAND definition: a thin stick that someone who performs magic tricks holds in their hand. Learn more.
wand meaning, definition, what is wand: a thin stick that you hold in your hand ...: Learn more.
Definitions of wand. noun. a thin supple twig or rod. “stems bearing slender wands of flowers” see more. noun. a ceremonial or emblematic staff. synonyms: scepter, sceptre, verge. see more. noun. a rod used by a magician or water diviner. see more. noun. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir. synonyms: baton.
noun. wands. A slender, supple switch or shoot, as of a young tree. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A rod or staff carried as a symbol of authority; scepter. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A conductor's baton. American Heritage. A rod regarded as having magical powers, as one used by a magician or fairy. Webster's New World.
