The meaning of ROD is a straight slender stick growing on or cut from a tree or bush. How to use rod in a sentence.

ROD definition: a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material. See examples of rod used in a sentence.

Add to word list a long, thin pole made of wood, metal, or other material: a fishing / curtain rod (Definition of rod from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

A rod is a long, thin metal or wooden bar. ...a 15-foot thick roof that was reinforced with steel rods. 2. See also fishing rod, lightning rod

Define rod. rod synonyms, rod pronunciation, rod translation, English dictionary definition of rod. n. 1. A thin straight piece or bar of material, such as metal or wood, often having a particular function or use, …

There are 32 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun rod, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Definition of rod noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

a long straight stick, wand, or staff. rod (rod), n., v., rod•ded, rod•ding. n. a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material. Botany a straight, slender shoot or stem of any woody plant, …

Any straight, or almost straight, stick, shaft, bar, staff, etc., of wood, metal, or other material. Curtain rods, a lightning rod.