Rod

//ɹɑd//

Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "rod" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

engine eyeball fishing camp hardware store sporting goods store

Derived Terms

Aaron's rod Auer rod Cuisenaire rod Lenker rod Lightning_conductor Lightning conductor Mosaical rod Rhineland rod Wheatstone's rod anglerod axlerod boning rod carpet rod cleaning rod con rod connecting rod conrod control rod counting rod coupling rod curtain rod dicker-rod divining rod dowsing rod drawrod ferrod fit rod flatrod fly rod fly-rod flying rod flyrod forty-rod fuckrod fuel rod goldenrod green rod hot rod interrod kiss the rod lightning rod limerod measuring rod meat rod microrod myorod nail rod nanorod picture rod piston rod plug rod polyrod pushrod put a rod in pickle radius rod ramrod range rod rat rod riding-rod rod for one's back rod for one's breech rod for one's own back rod for one's own breech rod in OSM] rod in pickle rod line rod machine rod numeral rod of Asclepius rod pod rod ring rod-headed rod-on rod-shaped rodbuster rodder roddy rodfisher rodfishing rodless rodlet rodlike rodmaker rodmaking rodman rodmeter rodshaped rodsman rodster rodwork rule with a rod of iron shepherd's rod siderod skirod sounding rod spare the rod and spoil the child spare the rod, spoil the child spinning rod stair rod stunrod tension rod thunder rod tie rod trolling-rod truss rod wiki wiki.openstreetmap.org

Etymologically Related To

roderick rodney

Context

anatomy biology chemistry construction fishing mathematics rail transport slang ufology us vulgar

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

area unit bacteria bacterium handgun implement linear measure linear unit pistol shooting iron side arm square measure visual cell

Type Of (IsA)

bacteria conical object of varying length cylinder implement long slender object long thin object old unit for measuring distance pole straightness visual cell

Part Of

Related Terms

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Synonym Network

gat perch skyfish stick

Used For

back of fool catch fish hanging curtains hit punish children reinforce concrete shove up someones ass strength supporting fragile plants while growing unit of linear measurement walking stick

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.