Dec 4, 2016 · The meaning of ROD is a straight slender stick growing on or cut from a tree or bush. How to use rod in a sentence.

5 hours ago · Rod Paige, an educator, coach and administrator who rolled out the nation’s landmark No Child Left Behind law as the first African American to serve as U.S. education …

Add to word list a long, thin pole made of wood, metal, or other material: a fishing / curtain rod (Definition of rod from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University …

12 hours ago · Rod Paige, the first African American to serve as U.S. secretary of education, has died at 92. Former President George W. Bush announced Paige's death on Tuesday.

Define rod. rod synonyms, rod pronunciation, rod translation, English dictionary definition of rod. n. 1. A thin straight piece or bar of material, such as metal or wood, often having a particular …

A rod is a long, thin metal or wooden bar. ...a 15-foot thick roof that was reinforced with steel rods. 2. See also fishing rod, lightning rod

Definition of rod noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

There are 32 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun rod, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

15 hours ago · Houston Mayor John Whitmire confirms former Houston ISD superintendent and U.S. Education Secretary, Rod Paige, has died.

Nov 22, 2025 · 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 …