rod

Definition:
A long thin implement made of metal or wood.
A long straight piece of wood, metal or glass.
A stick that is used for hitting people as a punishment.

Use 'rod' in a sentence:

• 1. She rules her husband with a rod of iron.
• 2. A piston links to a drive shaft by means of a connecting rod.
• 3. I need a drill to make a hole for the rod.
• 4. He did not rule us with a rod. Even his rebukes did not amount to scoldings.
• 5. Some of the best extensions are made from sections of rod tube or drainpipe.
• 6. The assembly is called a fuel rod.
• 7. This membrane has an ultrastructure consisting of a mosaic of 10-nm-wide parallel rodlets.
• 8. I rested my fishing rod against a pine bough.
• 9. The royal insignia included the ring, the sceptre, and the rod.
• 10. He is shown with a huge carp and a rod for fishing.
• 11. This is like building a building with a measuring rod that constantly changes.
• 12. Fishing with rod and line.