LIGHTNING ROD


Meaning of LIGHTNING ROD in English

( lightning rods)

1.

A lightning rod is the same as a lightning conductor . ( AM )

N-COUNT

2.

If you say that someone is a lightning rod for something, you mean that they attract that thing to themselves. ( AM )

He is a lightning rod for controversy.

PHRASE : PHR n

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