stanza

About 3.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.
2. noun An apartment or division in a building.
3. noun An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP.
4. noun A section of a configuration file consisting of a related group of lines.
5. noun A segment; a portion of a broadcast devoted to a particular topic.
6. noun A period; an interval into which a sporting event is divided.

Similar words

verse cinquain strophe couplet tercet quatrain canto passage division section

Often followed by

of is in from and the to

Word family

stanzaic stanzas