stave

Meanings

• noun

  A flat piece of wood with notches or grooves used as a support for binding bundles of papers or parchment together, forming a quire or a section of a book.

  - "The staves in this book are made of oak."
  - "The binder glued the pages together using staves."

• noun

  A horizontal beam or support, as in a boat or a bridge.

  - "The staves of the Viking longship were made from ash."
  - "The bridge's staves held up the roadway."

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Pronunciation

1. /steɪv/
   
   
   
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Rhymes

Words rhyming with stave
ave , grave , wave

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Variants

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stave , staves , staved , staving , stove , staff , staffs , stave off , staved off , staves off , staving off , stave in , staved in , staves in , staving in

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Etymology

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Old English stæf, stæfa, 'stick, staff, pole, beam,' from Proto-Germanic *stab-, *stap-, 'stick,' from PIE *stabh- 'pole, staff,' from root *sta- 'to stand'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'stave' comes from the Old English word 'stæf', which means 'stick, staff, or pole'.

2. In medieval Europe, books were often made using staves made of animal bones or horns.

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Related Concepts

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1. quire: A collection of sheets of paper or parchment bound together to form a section of a book.

2. binding: The process of physically assembling a book from a number of separate components.

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Culture

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In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil, the World Tree, has staves that hold up the sky. In music, a stave is a horizontal line or set of lines used to notate musical symbols. In heraldry, a stave is a vertical line or bar.

How to Memorize "stave"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a flat piece of wood with notches or grooves.
   - Visualize the wood being used to bind pages together.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'stave' with 'binding' or 'support'.
   - Remember that staves hold things together.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a memory link by associating 'staves' with 'supports' or 'binds'.
   - Use the mnemonic 'Stove's Top' to remember 'Staves' - Stove's Top has supports that hold pots and pans.

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