Cuisenaire rod

[ kwee-zuh-nair, kwee-zuh-nair ]

/ ˌkwi zəˈnɛər, ˈkwi zəˌnɛər /

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Trademark.

one of a set of 10 colored rods from 1 to 10 centimeters (0.4 to 4 inches) in length, used in a method of teaching the basics of arithmetic to children.

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Words nearby Cuisenaire rod

cu. in., cuirass, cuirassier, cuir-bouilli, cuirie, Cuisenaire rod, Cuisinart, cuisine, cuisine minceur, cuisinier, cuisinière

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How to use Cuisenaire rod in a sentence

So I asked the driver to honk the horn, which he does, and Rod looks over.
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And of course, Rod, being Rod, goes for it a hundred percent; his mouth drops open and he says, ‘What?’
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Rod Stewart and Diane Sawyer This is just highly entertaining.
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Creator Rod Serling was compelled by the need “not to just entertain but to enlighten.”
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The painting is of a human heart set inside a wind-up music box that has a metal rod poking out of the pulmonary artery.
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And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
A connecting rod worked a balance-beam, which worked the air-pump, feed-pump, and plug-rod for moving the valves.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
A piece of iron sticking out from the cross-head carried the plug-rod for working the gear-handles.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
Thereafter we were buffeted like chips in the swirling maw of a whirlpool; we fought our way rod by rod.
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This is a minute, slender rod, which lies within and between the pus-corpuscles (Fig. 125), and is negative to Gram's stain.
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British Dictionary definitions for Cuisenaire rod

Cuisenaire rod

/ (ˌkwɪzəˈnɛə) /

noun

trademark one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children

Word Origin for Cuisenaire rod

C20: named after Emil-Georges Cuisenaire (?1891–1976), Belgian educationalist

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