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    rod
    [räd]
    noun
    rod (noun) · rods (plural noun) · the rod (noun) · square rod (noun) · square rods (plural noun)
    1. a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal:
      "concrete walls reinforced with steel rods" · "a curtain rod"
      • a wand or staff as a symbol of office, authority, or power:
        "the royal insignia included the ring, the scepter, and the rod"
      • a slender straight stick or shoot growing on or cut from a tree or bush:
        "the roof is formed of willow and hazel rods woven between willow rafters"
      • a stick used for caning or flogging:
        "he swung the rod again in a threatening arc"
      • (the rod)
        the use of a stick as punishment:
        "they were taught to fear the rod"
      • vulgar slang
        a penis.
    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. historical
      a linear measure, especially for land, equal to 5 1/2 yards (approximately 5.029 m).
      • a square measure, especially for land, equal to 160th of an acre or 30 1/4 square yards (approximately 25.29 sq m).
    4. US ENGLISH
      informal
      a pistol or revolver.
    5. anatomy
      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. Compare with cone
    Origin
    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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