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Definition of stave noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stave

noun
 
/steɪv/
 
/steɪv/
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  1. a strong stick or pole
    • fence staves
  2. (also staff)
     (music) a set of five lines on which music is written
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: back-formation from staves, archaic plural of staff. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th cent.
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