stave

Definition of stave

Nouns

(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
Synonyms:
staff
Type of:
musical notation
(music) notation used by musicians
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
Synonyms:
lag
Type of:
slat, spline
a thin strip (wood or metal)
a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
Synonyms:
round, rung
Type of:
crosspiece
a transverse brace

Verbs

furnish with staves
"stave a ladder"
Type of:
equip, fit, fit out, outfit
provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
burst or force (a hole) into something
Synonyms:
stave in
Type of:
break open, burst, split
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

Vocabulary Lists for stave

Melba Pattillo Beals's Warriors Don't Cry »(96 words)
A good vocabulary List from Warriors Don't Cry.
  • accolade
  • adamant
  • adversary
  • amend
  • amended

T.S. Eliot word list including "Prufrock," The Wasteland and The Hollow Men »(344 words)
  • Albert
  • antique
  • archduke
  • arid
  • back

Edith Warton's Ethan Frome »(2499 words)
Vocabulary study list from Edith Warton's "Ethan Frome"
  • Hale
  • German ivy
  • matt
  • sleigh
  • flats

20080910 »(808 words)
  • heuristic
  • stash
  • protagonist
  • crackdown
  • dent

Kate Chopin's The Awakening »(310 words)
Vocabulary study list for Kate Chopin's The Awakening
  • soiree musicale
  • quadroon
  • mademoiselle
  • peignoir
  • Robert

Gre List 4 »(226 words)
  • abeyance
  • ablution
  • abrade
  • adage
  • adumbrate

Macbeth »(65 words)
  • brandish
  • plight
  • minion
  • lavish
  • corporal

Words that contain stave

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
 Gustave Courbet
 Gustave Flaubert
 stave in
 stave off
 stave wood