STAVE
/steΙͺv/
8
Scrabble
9
WWF
S(1) T(1) A(1) V(4) E(1)
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Definition
/steΙͺv/
noun
- One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
- One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
- A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
verb
- To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
- (usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.“to stave in a cask”
- (with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
Source: Wiktionary
