rod
A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
Noun 4 meanings
A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
“The circus strong man proved his strength by bending an iron rod, and then straightening it.”
A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
“When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water.”
A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
Verb 2 meanings
To reinforce concrete with metal rods.
To furnish with rods, especially lightning rods.
Etymology
From Middle English rodde, from Old English *rodd or *rodde (attested in dative plural roddum (“rod, pole”)), of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Germanic *rudd- (“stick, club”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewdʰ- (“to clear land”). Compare Old Norse rudda (“club”). For the root, compare English rid.
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ROD at a glance
ROD has 3 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (R 1 + O 1 + D 2) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,634 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with rod
All rhymes- PROD7
- NIMROD9
- TROD5
- GOLDENROD12
- RAMROD9
- BROD7
- HOTROD10
- PUSHROD13
- SAROD6
- SCROD8
- SMORREBROD15
- SPROD8
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