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rod



rod [rod rods] BrE [rɒd] NAmE [rɑːd] noun
1. (often used in compounds)a long straight piece of wood, metal or glass
see also lightning rod
2. = fishing rod
fishing with rod and line
3. (also the rod) (old-fashioned)a stick that is used for hitting people as a punishment
There used to be a saying: ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child.’
4. (NAmE, slang)a small gun
more at a rod/stick to beat sb with at beat v., rule with a rod of iron at rule v.
Idiom:make a rod for your own back

Word 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’.

Example Bank:
After the accident she had an operation to put strengthening rods in her legs.
He heated the end of the iron rod.
The concrete is reinforced with steel rods.
a fishing rod
a glass fibre rod 2 or 3 mm in diameter
a lightening rod

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