rod
[noun]
Synonyms: stick, bar, baton, cane, pole, shaft, staff, wand

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Related Idioms: rod in pickle

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

rod /rɒd $ rɑːd/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: rodd]

1. a long thin pole or bar
steel/iron/wooden etc rod
The walls are reinforced with steel rods.
a measuring rod

2.
a long thin pole used with a line and hook for catching fish Synonym : fishing rod
⇒ hot rod, lightning rod, ⇒ rule somebody/something with a rod of iron at rule²(5)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

rod
rɔd
See: hot rod

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

R.O.D.
Rust, oxidation and discolouration

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