staff

staff is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.
2. noun. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds.
3. noun. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
4. noun. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
5. noun. The round of a ladder.
6. noun. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
7. noun. The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave.
8. noun. An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
9. noun. The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
10. noun. 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. See Etat Major.
11. noun. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.
12. noun. a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose

    "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"

13. noun. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

    Synonyms: stave

14. noun. a rod carried as a symbol
15. noun. the body of teachers and administrators at a school

    "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"

    Synonyms: faculty

16. noun. personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

    "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"

    "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"

17. noun. building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
18. verb. provide with staff

    "This position is not always staffed"

19. verb. serve on the staff of

    "The two men staff the reception desk"

Synonyms

stave, faculty

Common word forms

staffs, staffed, staffer, staffing, staffless

Words from these letters

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