Rod | Mean of rod in English Dictionary

/ˈrɑːd/

• Noun
• a straight, thin stick or bar
1. a curtain rod
• a pole with a line and usually a reel that is used in fishing
1. a fishing rod
• a stick used to hit or whip someone as a form of punishment
1. He grew up in a time when people still believed in the old saying: spare the rod and spoil the child. [=believed that children should be physically punished for bad behavior in order to be raised correctly]