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

Fishing rod, a tool used to catch fish, like a long pole with a hook on the end Lightning rod, a conductor on top of a building to protect the building in the event of lightning by taking the charge harmlessly to earth

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, whether still growing or cut from the plant. See fishing rod.

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