{
    "term": "rod",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/la/laboratory_equipment.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a long straight piece of wood, metal or glass",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The concrete is reinforced with steel rods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I finally managed to fix the curtain rods above the windows."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After the accident she had an operation to put strengthening rods in her legs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He heated the end of the iron rod."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a glass fibre rod 2 or 3 mm in diameter"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a long wooden or plastic stick with a fishing line and hook attached, used for catching fish",
            "labels": "North American English also",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "fishing with rod and line"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a stick that is used for hitting people as a punishment",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There used to be a saying: ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a small gun",
            "labels": "(North American English, slang)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do something that will cause problems for you in the future",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a fact, an argument, etc. that is used in order to blame or punish somebody",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to control a person or a group of people very severely",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɒd/",
                "audio": "ro/rod/rod__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɑːd/",
                "audio": "ro/rod/rod__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English rodd ‘slender shoot growing on or cut from a tree’, also ‘straight stick or bundle of twigs used to inflict punishment’; probably related to Old Norse rudda ‘club’."
}