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   rod

   /rɒd/

   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 sceptre, and the rod" Similar staffwandmacesceptrecaduceus
   • ▪ 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 man's penis. vulgar slang
   • 2. a fishing rod: "he hooked an enormous fish which almost pulled the rod from out of his hands"
   • ▪ an angler: "over a hundred rods turned out for the day, including some famous names"
   • 3. another term for perch historical British
   • ▪ another term for perch
   • 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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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › rodRod Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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

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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.

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

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   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. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. It seems that your browser is blocking this video content.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › rodRod - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   3 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. www.oed.com › dictionary › rod_n1rod, n.¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary

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   What does the noun rod mean? There are 32 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun rod, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. rod has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. How common is the noun rod? About 20 occurrences per million words in modern written English.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionrod noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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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.