fishing rod

1. 1.

   a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line

   Synonymsfishing pole

   Broaderrod

   Narrowerfly rodspinning rod

   Part offishing gear

   Partsreelstock

Questions about fishing rod

What does fishing rod mean?

fishing rod means "a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line".

What is another word for fishing rod?

Close synonyms include fishing pole. 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 fishing rod a common word?

fishing 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.