棒状(ぼうじょう)

ぼうじょう
noun, adjective (の)
rod-shaped; bar-shaped; stick-like
1. rod-shaped; bar-shaped; stick-like; cylindrical
Having the shape of a rod or stick. Used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.
棒状(ぼうじょう)に切(き)る。
To cut into stick shapes.
棒状(ぼうじょう)の金属(きんぞく)を曲(ま)げる。
To bend a rod-shaped piece of metal.
野菜(やさい)を棒状(ぼうじょう)に切(き)ってスティックサラダにした。
I cut the vegetables into stick shapes and made a stick salad.

A descriptive compound of 棒(ぼう) (rod; stick) and 状(じょう) (shape; form). The suffix 状(じょう) is productive and attaches to many nouns to mean "in the shape of" or "in the form of."

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 棒状(ぼうじょう)に切(き)る: to cut into stick shapes
  • 棒状(ぼうじょう)の物体(ぶったい): a rod-shaped object
  • 棒状(ぼうじょう)に伸(の)ばす: to stretch into a rod shape

RELATED SHAPE WORDS:

  • 球状(きゅうじょう): spherical
  • 板状(ばんじょう): plate-shaped; flat
  • 筒状(つつじょう): cylindrical; tube-shaped
  • 粒状(りゅうじょう): granular; grain-shaped
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Added 2026.4.5 5:24 · Revised 2026.4.10 17:28
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