stanza
Meanings
Plural: stanzas
Noun
- a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
- A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.
- An apartment or division in a building.
- An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP.
- A section of a configuration file consisting of a related group of lines.
- A segment; a portion of a broadcast devoted to a particular topic.
- A period; an interval into which a sporting event is divided.
Origin / Etymology
From Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis, from stō, stāre, from Proto-Italic *staēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti, stative verb from *steh₂- (whence English stand). Doublet of stance.
Scrabble Score: 15
stanza is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordstanza is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stanza is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
stanza is a valid Words With Friends word