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The Meaning of rod

  • (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.
  • (n.) 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.

Synonyms

perch , retinal rod , rod cell , gat , pole , celestial pole , magnetic pole , terminal

Homophones

raad , rodd

Rhymes

abad , abroad , applaud , arthropod , assad , aud , awad , awed , ayyad , baade , backboard , ballade , baud , bawd , belgrade , bershad , brachiopod , braud , braude , broad , brod , cephalopod , claud , claude , clawed , cod , codd , defraud , dodd , elrod , escalade , esplanade , facade , fahd , flawed , fraud , girod , glaude , glod , gnawed , god , goldenrod , hodde , jawed , laud , laude , maraud , maud , maude , mod , mossad , natividad , nod , novgorod , odd , peapod , pernod , petard , plod , pod , prod , prodd , quad , raad , rachad , ramrod , rashad , riad , riyad , riyadh , rodd , roughshod , saad , saud , schaad , scrod , shod , slipshod , sod , squad , thawed , tightwad , tod , todd , tripod , trod , wad