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Word: Rod
Speech Type: Noun
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’
rɒd
a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal
Short Definition:thin straight bar
Examples:- concrete walls reinforced with steel rods
- a curtain rod
a fishing rod
Short Definition:fishing rod
Examples:- 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
a pistol or revolver.
Short Definition:pistol or revolver
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.
Short Definition:light-sensitive cell of one of two types present in large numbers in retina of eye
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