rod

(noun, verb)

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

Similar word(s): perch, pole

Definition categories: quantity

4. a square rod of land

Similar word(s): perch, pole

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.