Thesaurus: rod

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1. n. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
2. n. An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement.
3. n. A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
4. n. A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.
5. n. A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar.
6. n. An instrument for measuring.
7. n. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole.
8. n. a long thin implement made of metal or wood
9. n. any rod-shaped bacterium
10. n. a linear measure of 16.5 feet
11. n. a square rod of land
12. n. a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light