drill rod

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   carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels

   Synonymsdrill steel

   Broadercarbon steel

Questions about drill rod

What does drill rod mean?

drill rod means "carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels".

What is another word for drill rod?

Close synonyms include drill steel. 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 drill rod a common word?

drill rod is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.