divining rod

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   forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil

   Synonymsdowserdowsing rodwaterfinderwater finder

   Broaderstick

Questions about divining rod

What does divining rod mean?

divining rod means "forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil".

What is another word for divining rod?

Close synonyms include dowser, dowsing rod, waterfinder, water finder. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is divining rod a common word?

divining rod is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.