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The Meaning of rod
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(n.) A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
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(n.) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement.
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(n.) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
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(n.) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.
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(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.
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(n.) An instrument for measuring.
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(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