Straight, slender bars, poles, or staffs

• Poles forming parts of frames, tents, or awnings

Poles used for angling; fishing rods

Graduated staffs sighted through instruments in surveying or construction

Units of length, each equal to 16.5 feet (5.0292 m)

Straight bars that link parts or transmit motion in machines

Photoreceptor cells in the retina for low-light vision

Third-person singular of rod: equips with rods

• Third-person singular of rod: reinforces concrete with metal rods