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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. 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. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 15 meanings: 1. a slim cylinder of metal, wood, etc; stick or shaft 2. a switch or bundle of switches used to administer.... Click for more definitions.

  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.