staff
1. personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task (Freq. 17)
- the hospital has an excellent nursing staff
- the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions
• Hypernyms:
force, personnel
• Hyponyms:
newsroom, office, office staff, research staff, sales staff,
security staff, service staff, maintenance staff, general staff, headquarters staff
• Member Meronyms:
staff member, staffer
2. a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose (Freq. 2)
- he walked with the help of a wooden staff
• Hypernyms:
stick
• Hyponyms:
alpenstock, baton, crook, shepherd's crook, crutch,
distaff, flagpole, flagstaff, pikestaff, quarterstaff
3. the body of teachers and administrators at a school (Freq. 1)
- the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university
• Syn:
faculty
• Hypernyms:
body
• Member Holonyms:
school
• Member Meronyms:
professor, prof
4. building material consisting of plaster and hair;
used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
• Hypernyms:
building material
5. a rod carried as a symbol
• Hypernyms:
symbol
• Hyponyms:
crosier, crozier, mace, scepter, sceptre,
verge, wand, tipstaff
6. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
• Syn:
stave
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
musical notation
• Part Meronyms:
staff line, space
1. provide with staff (Freq. 4)
- This position is not always staffed
• Hypernyms:
provide, supply, ply, cater
• Hyponyms:
man
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. serve on the staff of
- The two men staff the reception desk
• Hypernyms:
serve
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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