wand

wand  (wnd)

n.

1. A thin supple rod, twig, or stick.

2. A slender rod carried as a symbol of office in a procession; a scepter.

3. Music A conductor's baton.

4. A stick or baton used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.

5. A pipelike attachment that lengthens the handle of a device or tool: a vacuum cleaner that has two extension wands.

6. A hand-held electronic device, often shaped like a rod, that is used for security purposes to detect metal.

7. Sports A six-foot by two-foot slat used as an archery target.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse vöndr.]

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wand [wɒnd]

n

1. a slender supple stick or twig

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a thin rod carried as a symbol of authority

3. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a rod used by a magician, water diviner, etc.

4. (Music, other) Informal a conductor's baton

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Archery) Archery a marker used to show the distance at which the archer stands from the target

6. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a hand-held 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

[from Old Norse vōndr; related to Gothic wandus and English wend]

wandlike  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wand - a rod used by a magician or water diviner rod - a long thin implement made of metal or wood
	2.	wand - a thin supple twig or rod; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers" branchlet, sprig, twig - a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
	3.	wand - a ceremonial or emblematic staff     scepter, sceptre, verge staff - a rod carried as a symbol bauble - a mock scepter carried by a court jester
	4.	wand - a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir baton rod - a long thin implement made of metal or wood

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wand

noun stick, rod, cane, baton, stake, switch, birch, twig, sprig, withe, withy a magician's wand

Translations

wand [wɒnd] N (= magic wand) → varita f mágica; [of office] → bastón m de mando
see also wave B1

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wand [ˈwɒnd] n (also magic wand) → baguette f magique

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wand

n (= magic wand) → Zauberstab m; (of office) → Amtsstab m; (Comput, for bar codes) → Lesestift m

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wand [wɒnd] n (also magic wand) → bacchetta magica; (of usher) → mazza

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wand [wɒnd] n (also magic wand) → bacchetta magica; (of usher) → mazza

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wand

n wand [wond]

a long slender rod eg used as the symbol of magic power by conjurors, fairies etc In the story, the fairy waved her magic wand and the frog became a prince. staf, staffie عَصا، قَضيب، صَوْلَجان жезъл kouzelná hůlka tryllestav der Zauberstab μαγικό ραβδί varita (mágica) võlukepp عصاي شعبده بازي taikasauva baguette (magique) מָטֶה डंडा čarobni štapić (varázs)pálca tongkat ajaib (töfra)sproti bacchetta 魔法の杖 마법의 지팡이 lazdelė nūjiņa tongkat sakti toverstok tryllestav różdżka varinha de condão baghetă (ma­gică) (волшебная) палочка kúzelná palička, prútik čarobna palica štapić trollstav, trollspö ไม้กายสิทธิ์ değnek 魔杖，魔術棒 чарівна паличка جادو کی چھڑی đũa thần 魔棍