dowsing rod

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

   Synonymsdivining roddowserwaterfinderwater finder

   Broaderstick

Questions about dowsing rod

What does dowsing rod mean?

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

What is another word for dowsing rod?

Close synonyms include divining rod, dowser, 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 dowsing rod a common word?

dowsing 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.