Definition: 1. A long thin implement made of metal or wood. 2. A long straight piece of wood, metal or glass. 3. 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.
