when used in wood construction it is a 2x or a 1x long enough to mark whatever the carpenter needs to record - window sills and headers, door heights, stair height floor to floor.
a rod like structure
They look like rod shaped, lines, or dots depending on which one it is.
rod shaped bacterium
an apple
It doesn't look like anything - the plot is what happens in the story.
bacilli bacteria are rod shaped.
Rod Shaped
it looks like a tie when you go to work or court or grautions
What you're referring to is a tie-rod. A tie-rod is a hardened straight rod that is threaded on either end. On the ends are ball joints that connect the steering knuckle to the steering rack.
No, cocci look like clusters of grapes and rods are rod-shaped.
Like a mushroom
A pike is the old wording for a spear. A rod with a sharpened end is usually a basic "pike".