English dictionary

staff

/st/&/f/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

noun.group

Examples
The hospital has an excellent nursing staff.

The general relied on his staff to make routine decisions.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose

noun.artifact

Examples
He walked with the help of a wooden staff.

Source: WordNet 3.0
the body of teachers and administrators at a school

noun.group

Examples
The dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university.

Synonyms faculty

Source: WordNet 3.0
building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

noun.substance

Source: WordNet 3.0
a rod carried as a symbol

noun.communication

Source: WordNet 3.0
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

noun.communication

Synonyms stave

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <i>staff</i>; the <i>staff</i> of a spear or pike.

noun

Source: webster1913
Plaster combined with fibrous and other materials so as to be suitable for sculpture in relief or in the round, or for forming flat plates or boards of considerable size which can be nailed to framework to make the exterior of a larger structure, forming joints which may afterward be repaired and concealed with fresh plaster.

noun

Source: webster1913