棒状(ぼうじょう)

ぼうじょう
noun, no-adjective
rod-shaped; bar-shaped; stick-like
descriptive
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

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

Related Words

Related: 粒状(りゅうじょう) (granular)
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Added 2026.4.5 5:24 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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