stave in

1. 1.

   break in the staves (of)

   “stave in a cask”

   Broaderbreak in
2. 2.

   burst or force (a hole) into something

   Synonymsstave

   Broaderburst

Questions about stave in

What does stave in mean?

stave in means "break in the staves (of)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for stave in?

Close synonyms include stave. 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 in a common word?

stave in 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.