1
: a slender staff carried in a procession : verge
2
: a slender rod used by conjurers and magicians
3
: a slat six feet by two inches used as a target in archery
also
: a narrow strip of paper pasted vertically on a target face
4
: any of various pipelike devices
especially
: the rigid tube between the hose and the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner
5
: a handheld device used to enter information (as from a bar code) into a computer
Examples of wand in a Sentence
The cashier used a wand to scan the bar code.
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So what better way to cast a lasting spell than to wave the wand once more for good measure?
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Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
The Triple Action Brush Roll will play fetch with clumps of pet hair, and the extension wand works wonders on upholstery—it’s not called Pet TurboEraser Tool for nothing.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 9 Apr. 2025
Here, attendees can purchase wands and then use them to interact with fantastic beasts sprinkled throughout the Parisian locale.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The wand lets off a buzz every three minutes to cue you to move on to the next area of your face so no nook feels left out.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 3 Apr. 2025
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Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
The Triple Action Brush Roll will play fetch with clumps of pet hair, and the extension wand works wonders on upholstery—it’s not called Pet TurboEraser Tool for nothing.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 9 Apr. 2025
Here, attendees can purchase wands and then use them to interact with fantastic beasts sprinkled throughout the Parisian locale.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The wand lets off a buzz every three minutes to cue you to move on to the next area of your face so no nook feels left out.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Wand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wand. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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wand
noun1
: a slender rod used in performing magic
2
: a light rod or tube
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