rod
rod
- n a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- n any rod-shaped bacterium
- n a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- n a square rod of land
- n a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
- n a gangster's pistol
- Rod Steiger, 39, has played Al Capone, as well as a thug in On the Waterfront.
- Every 18 months the reactor is shut down so the fuel rods that make up its core can be replaced; the old rods, radioactive and 250 degrees F hot, are moved into a 40-ft.
- A hot rod is different.