'ROD' definitions:
Definition of 'rod'
From: WordNet
noun
A long thin implement made of metal or wood
noun
Any rod-shaped bacterium
noun
noun
noun
A visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light [syn: rod, rod cell, retinal rod]
noun
A gangster's pistol [syn: gat, rod]
Definition of 'Rod'
From: GCIDE
- Rod \Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See Rood.]
- 1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: (a) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement. [1913 Webster]
- He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov. xiii. 24. [1913 Webster] (b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression. "The rod, and bird of peace." --Shak. (c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. --Gay. (d) (Mach. & Structure) 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. (e) An instrument for measuring. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole. [1913 Webster]
- Black rod. See in the Vocabulary.
- Rods and cones (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are cylindrical, others somewhat conical. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rod'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atomic pile,
- automatic,
- bar,
- baton,
- billet,
- birch,
- blowgun,
- blowpipe,
- breeder reactor,
- bricks,
- caduceus,
- cane,
- cap of dignity,
- cap of maintenance,
- castigation,
- chain of office,
- chain reactor,
- chain-reacting pile,
- chastisement,
- club,
- coronet,
- correction,
- crook,
- crosier,
- cross-staff,
- crown,
- diadem,
- discipline,
- ermine,
- fasces,
- fast pile,
- ferule,
- firearm,
- flagstaff,
- flamethrower,
- furnace,
- gat,
- gavel,
- great seal,
- gun,
- handgun,
- heater,
- heterogeneous reactor,
- homogeneous reactor,
- ingot,
- intermediate pile,
- lattice,
- mace,
- mantle,
- Maypole,
- musket,
- neutron factory,
- nuclear furnace,
- orb,
- paddle,
- pandybat,
- peashooter,
- piece,
- pile,
- pistol,
- plutonium reactor,
- pole,
- portfolio,
- power reactor,
- power-breeder reactor,
- privy seal,
- province,
- punition,
- purple,
- purple pall,
- radioactive waste,
- rattan,
- reactor,
- reactor pile,
- regalia,
- repeater,
- revolver,
- rifle,
- robe of state,
- rod of empire,
- rod of office,
- rods,
- royal crown,
- ruler,
- sawed-off shotgun,
- scape,
- scepter,
- seal,
- shaft,
- shooting iron,
- shotgun,
- signet,
- six-gun,
- six-shooter,
- slab,
- slow pile,
- staff,
- stalk,
- stellarator,
- stem,
- stick,
- strip,
- switch,
- tiara,
- tongue,
- totem pole,
- triple plume,
- truncheon,
- uraeus,
- uranium reactor,
- wand,
- wand of office
Acronyms for 'ROD'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Rewritable Optical Disk (OD)
Words containing 'ROD'
- Black Rod,
- Connecting rod,
- Discharging rod,
- Divining rod,
- Eccentric rod,
- Fishing rod,
- Fit rod,
- Flat rods,
- Fly rod,
- Gauge rod,
- Gauging rod,
- Lifting rod,
- Lightning rod,
- Lime rod,
- Napier's rods,
- Parallel rod,
- Piston rod,
- Plug rod,
- Pump rod,
- Rods and cones,
- Shepherd's rod,
- Side rod,
- Sounding rod,
- Stair rod,
- Stay rod,
- Sucker rod,
- Tappet rod,
- Tension rod,
- Thunder rod,
- Truss rod,
- Wheatstone's rods,
- Wire rod,
- aaron's rod,
- birch rod,
- control rod,
- couping rod,
- dowsing rod,
- drill rod,
- hot rod,
- jacob's rod,
- measuring rod,
- retinal rod,
- rod cell,
- rod laver,
- spinning rod,
- stadia rod,
- tie rod,
- Tie-rod,
- To put a rod in pickle,
- Withe-rod,
- golden-rod,
- hot-rod,
- rod-shaped,
- stair-rod,
- Gentleman usher of the black rod,
- Golden-rod tree