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wand

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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
wand /wɑnd/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. a slender rod, esp. one used by a magician.
  2. a staff carried as a sign or emblem of office or authority.
  3. Electronicsan electronic device in the form of a hand-held rod that can read coded or printed data on a merchandise label or in a document.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
wand  (wond),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a slender stick or rod, esp. one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
  2. a rod or staff carried as an emblem of one's office or authority.
  3. Botanya slender shoot, stem, or branch of a shrub or tree.
  4. a small applicator for cosmetics, usually having a brush at the tip:She applied the mascara with a wand.
  5. Sport[U.S. Archery.]a slat 6 ft. (183 cm) by 2 in. (5 cm) placed at a distance of 100 yd. (91 m) for men and 60 yd. (55 m) for women, and used as a target.
  6. ElectronicsAlso called wand reader. an electronic device, in the form of a hand-held rod, that can optically read coded data, as on a merchandise label or tag or the page of a book.
  • Old Norse vǫndr; cognate with Gothic wandus
  • Middle English 1150–1200
wand′like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
wand /wɒnd/ n
  1. a slender supple stick or twig
  2. a thin rod carried as a symbol of authority
  3. a rod used by a magician, water diviner, etc
  4. informal a conductor's baton
  5. a marker used to show the distance at which the archer stands from the target
  6. a handheld electronic device, such as a light pen or bar-code reader, which is pointed at or passed over an item to read the data stored there
Etymology: 12th Century: from Old Norse vōndr; related to Gothic wandus and English wend
'wand' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a [magician's, sorcerer's, wizard's] wand, a [toy, wooden, mahogany, plastic] wand, [waved, flicked] her magic wand, more...

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