English noun: rod |
1. | rod (artifact) a long thin implement made of metal or wood |
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| Broader (hypernym) | implement |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | baton, baton, connecting rod, control rod, fishing pole, fishing rod, kickstand, pole, ramrod, ramrod, rotating shaft, shaft, shaft, stair-rod, tie rod, wand, wand |
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2. | rod (animal) any rod-shaped bacterium |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bacteria, bacterium |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | streptobacillus |
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3. | rod (quantity) a linear measure of 16.5 feet |
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| Synonyms | perch, pole |
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| Broader (hypernym) | linear measure, linear unit |
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| Part holonym | pace, yard |
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| Part meronym | furlong |
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| Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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4. | rod (quantity) a square rod of land |
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| Synonyms | perch, pole |
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| Broader (hypernym) | area unit, square measure |
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5. | rod (body) a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light |
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| Synonyms | retinal rod, rod cell |
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| Broader (hypernym) | visual cell |
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| Part holonym | retinal purple, rhodopsin, visual purple |
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| Part meronym | retina |
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6. | rod (artifact) a gangster's pistol |
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| Synonyms | gat |
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| Broader (hypernym) | handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm |
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| Domain usage | argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular |
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