rod
noun
1. a long thin implement made of metal or wood
Definition categories: man–made, implement
2. any rod-shaped bacterium
Definition categories: animal, bacteria, bacterium
3. a linear measure of 16.5 feet
Definition categories: quantity
4. a square rod of land
Definition categories: quantity
5. a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
Definition categories: body
6. a gangster's pistol
Similar word(s): gat
Definition categories: man–made, handgun, pistol
Sentences with rod as a noun:
- The circus strong man proved his strength by bending an iron rod, and then straightening it.
- When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water.
- The judge imposed on the thief a sentence of fifteen strokes with the rod.
- I notched a rod and used it to measure the length of rope to cut.
- The house had a small yard of about six rods in size.
- The engine threw a rod, and then went to pieces before our eyes, springs and coils shooting in all directions.
- The rods are more sensitive than the cones, but do not discern color.
- He applied a gram positive stain, looking for rods indicative of Listeria.