A slender metal rod used to support or reinforce part of a structure by connecting two pieces. / Either of a pair of rods that link the steering mechanism to the front wheel or axle of some vehicles.

(anatomy) Any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina that function in dim light levels.

A rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.

Synonym of divining rod.

Rod used for dowsing, a technique of divination used to locate subterranean sources of water, metal, other mineral resources or even various other things through magic, or according to many believers a natural phenomenon.

Shaped like a rod; long and cylindrical. / (biology) Specifically, describing a form of bacterium.

plural of rod cell

A style of hot rod or custom car that imitates or exaggerates the hot rods of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. It is distinct from the "traditional" hot rod, which is an accurate re-creation or period-correct restoration of a hot rod from the same era.

Any of a set of coloured rods of different sizes used to teach elementary-school mathematics.

(mathematics) One of a set of small bars, used by mathematicians in some Asian countries, placed either horizontally or vertically to represent any number and any fraction.