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The correct spelling is rods.
How to pronounce rods
noun
Say it like: Rod-s
The correct spelling is rods. A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff. For example: "When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water."
Usage Examples
“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.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- 2.A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- 3.A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
- 4.A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- 5.An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
verb
- 1.To reinforce concrete with metal rods.
- 2.To furnish with rods, especially lightning rods.
- 3.To penetrate sexually.
- 4.To hot rod.
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