staff

About 74.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
2. noun A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
3. noun People employed by a business or other organisation.

   The company employed 10 new members of staff this month.

4. noun A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.
5. noun A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.

   a constable's staff

6. noun A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
7. noun The rung of a ladder.
8. noun A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

staffed staffing staffs stave staves