Rod may mean:

• Rod (geometry), a straight and slender stick; a wand; a cylinder; hence, any slender bar
• Switch (rod), a long, straight piece of wood, either in the natural state (stem, branch or twig) or finished, as used as a staff (attribute and/or walking aid) or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches
• Rod cell is found in the retina and is sensitive to light/dark (black/white)
• Eubacterium with the shape of a rod
• Fishing rod
• Lightning rod
• Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing
• Railway Operating Division, as in LMS ex-ROD 2-8-0
• Penis (slang)
• Gun (slang)

• Rod (unit), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch
• Rod (cryptozoology), a species of creature that flits about in the air at such a high speed as to not be seen by the naked eye, but which can be caught on video

As a name:

• Rod (god), a Slavic god
• Rod (publisher), a music label from 1950s and 1960s Louisiana
• an abbreviation of such first names as Rodney, as in:
  • Rod Stewart, rock musician
  • Rod Laver (born 1938), Australian former tennis player
  • Rod Steiger (1925–2002), American actor
• Edouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist, 1857-1910
• Johnny Rod, American bass guitar player
• Rod From Avenue Q, a character in the stage musical Avenue Q

See also

• Dowel
• Hot rod, often also referred to as 'rod'
• Pole
• Rebar
• Rood, an old English unit equal to quarter an acre
• Stick, any long object
• Structural steel

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