rodlike

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adjective

Resembling a rod, usually in shape

“a rodlike antenna”

Similar
rod-shapedrounded
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English rod →
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Meanings

adjectiverodlike (comparative more rodlike, superlative most rodlike)

comparative more rodlike · superlative most rodlike

  1. Resembling a rod, usually in shape

    a rodlike antenna

    1 more example

    a rodlike protein

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveresembling a rod

Similar
rod-shapedrounded
Also see
rod-shaped

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old English*rodd
  2. Middle Englishrodde
  3. Englishrod
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  5. Proto-Germanic*līką
  6. Englishrodlike

From rod + -like.

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APA

rodlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rodlike

MLA

“rodlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rodlike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rodlike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rodlike.

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