Rod

Meaning of Rod

noun
  1. a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal.
    concrete walls reinforced with steel rods
    a curtain rod
  2. a fishing rod.
    he hooked an enormous fish which almost pulled the rod from out of his hands
    the largest carp ever caught on rod and line in Britain
  3. another term for perch3 (sense 1 of the noun).
  4. a pistol or revolver.
  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.

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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Hyphenation of Rod

Rod

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • Rod is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Rod synonyms

Meaning perch:

perch, pole

Meaning gat:

gat

Meaning a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon:

bar

Meaning a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree:

stick

Meaning a thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir:

baton

Meaning a rod or sceptre held as a sign of office or authority:

staff

Meaning a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar:

shaft

Meaning a rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression:

strut

Meaning a bar or series of bars fixed on upright supports or attached to a wall or ceiling, serving as part of a barrier or used to hang things on:

rail

Meaning each of the bars or wire rods connecting the centre of a wheel to its outer edge:

spoke

Meaning the hollow jointed stem of a tall grass, especially bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan:

cane

Meaning a slender hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, fine-grained timber:

birch

Meaning a slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree:

switch

Meaning (in imperial Russia) a whip used to inflict punishment, often causing death:

knout

Anagrams of Rod

Dor, dor, Ord

Words that rhyme with Rod

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