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# ramrod

«ramrod» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long, thin rod once used to push powder and shot down…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ramrods in the plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A ramrod is a long, thin rod once used to push powder and shot down the barrel of an old gun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ramrod/#m1)

2) «As straight as a ramrod» means very stiff and upright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ramrod/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in everyday talk, a stiff, straight way of standing or sitting

### examples

- The soldier stood as straight as a ramrod. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ramrod/#x1)
- Old guns were loaded with a ramrod. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ramrod/#x2)
- Her back was straight as a ramrod. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ramrod/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ramrod» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ramrod/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.