Dictionary
staff
Meaning
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- A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- The employees of a business.
- A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
- A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
- A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
- The rung of a ladder.
- A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
- An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
- A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/stɑːf/
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