A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.
See Bacterium.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic in…
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.
Formerly, a measuring rod an ell long.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.
A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.
The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.
The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.
A small stick; a rod; a verge.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.
A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.
The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.
A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.
The visual purple. See under Visual.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.
A rod; a stick; a staff.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.
imp. of Get.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flav…
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
These terms belong to the same specialist field or topic. They help you explore the subject, but they are not automatically synonyms.
Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.
The same nine destinations available from the header menu are shown here as a clear, fully visible grid.