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 straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
Noun
any rod-shaped bacterium
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a gangster''s pistol
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a long thin implement made of metal or wood
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visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light
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a square rod of land
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a linear measure of 16.5 feet
n.
A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar,
as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
n.
An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively,
chastisement.
n.
A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively,
power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
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A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.
n.
A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended
weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting
reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar.
n.
An instrument for measuring.
n.
A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; --
called also perch, and pole.
Rod
He that spareth his rod hateth his son.
A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
Usage Examples
Paul McCartney had a baby when he was 61 Rod Stewart was 66 Rupert Murdoch was a stunning 72. Not only does that mean they'll have less stamina than the average dad, that means they'll, well, check out a lot sooner too.
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Other Usage ExamplesWe also own a little boat and I'm like a kid with it. I take off early in the morning, fishing rod in tow, and just drift about the ocean all day.