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Word: Stave
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: back-formation from staves, archaic plural of staff. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th century
steɪv
a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure
Short Definition:vertical wooden post or plank in building
Examples:- to support all this, an intricate system of beams and additional staves became necessary
a set of five parallel lines on any one or between any adjacent two of which a note is written to indicate its pitch
Short Definition:set of lines on which note is written to indicate its pitch
Examples:- above the stave are the signs indicating the rhythm
- imagine an eight bar phrase written on a stave
a verse or stanza of a poem
Short Definition:verse or stanza of poem
Examples:- she sang these three staves
Word: Stave
Speech Type: Verb
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