STAVE
/steɪv/ ► audio Scrabble 8 Words With Friends 9
Definition
- verb furnish with staves.
- verb burst or force (a hole) into something.
— synonyms: stave_in
- noun (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written.
— synonyms: staff
- noun one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket.
— synonyms: lag
- noun a crosspiece between the legs of a chair.
— synonyms: rung, round
Examples
- “to stave in a cask”
- “We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger.”
- “to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run”
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