STAVE
5 letters
8 Scrabble points
/steɪv/
Definition of STAVE
noun
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One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
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One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
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A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
verb
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To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
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(usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
"to stave in a cask"
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(with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
S
T
A
V
E
Length
5 letters
Scrabble Score
8 points
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