The meaning of Rod
Rod – definition
nounA thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal.
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Concrete walls reinforced with steel rodsnounA fishing rod.
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He hooked an enormous fish which almost pulled the rod from out of his handsnounAnother term for perch3 (sense 1 of the noun).
nounA pistol or revolver.
nounA 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.
nounA long, thin pole made of wood, metal, or other material
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A fishing/curtain rod
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Word origin
late Old English rodd ‘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’.
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