staves

Meanings

Noun

• (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
• one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
• a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
• plural of staff.
• plural of stave

Verb

• furnish with staves
• burst or force (a hole) into something
• third-person singular simple present indicative of stave

Synonyms

lag, round, rung, staff, stave, stave in