stave

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsstaff

   Broadermusical notation

   Partsstaff linespace

   music

2. 2.

   one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

   Synonymslag

   Broaderslat

   Part ofbarrel
3. 3.

   a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

   Synonymsrunground

   Broadercrosspiece

   Part ofstraight chairrocking chairhighchairfolding chair

1. 1.

   furnish with staves

   “stave a ladder”

   Broaderequip
2. 2.

   burst or force (a hole) into something

   Synonymsstave in

   Broaderburst

Other forms of stave

plural

staves·

past tense or participle

stove

present participle

staving·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stave

What does stave mean?

stave means "(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stave?

stave has 1 syllable: stave. In IPA it is /ˈsteɪv/.

What is another word for stave?

Close synonyms include staff, lag, rung, round, stave in. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stave a common word?

stave is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.