# rods

Pronunciation: say "RODZ" US /ɹɑdz/, UK /ɹɒdz/

## Noun

1. Plural of rod. — plural of rod
   - Simple: Plural of rod. Use this form when you mean more than one rod.
   - _The engineers replaced the bent control rods inside the reactor core._
   - _Lightning rods on the rooftop channel the strike safely into the ground._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of rod. — third-person singular simple present indicative of rod
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of rod. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The technician rods the sewer line whenever tree roots clog the pipe._
   - _He rods the long boiler tubes to clear scale before each inspection._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/rods (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).