a unit of area used for measuring small quantities of land. Equal in size to a square with sides 1 rod in length. Equal to 30¼ square yards or 1/160 acre.

A slender metal rod used to support or reinforce part of a structure by connecting two pieces. / Either of a pair of rods that link the steering mechanism to the front wheel or axle of some vehicles.

A graduated staff, typically having alternate black and white sections, used (along with a theodolite) in surveying

A rod or metal tube fixed to the wall of a room, used for hanging pictures.

(now historical) A divining rod.

(informal) Francisco Rodríguez (baseball player)

(medicine) clumps of azurophilic granular material that typically form elongated needles seen in the cytoplasm of myeloid leukemic blast cells.

(shipbuilding) A gauge rod used to try the depth of a bolt hole in order to determine the length of bolt required.

A rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.

(dated) lightning rod