stave
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
Types & categories
- musical notation hypernym
Parts & wholes
- staff line part meronym
- space part meronym
Related & opposite
- music domain topic
Sense 2 verb
furnish with staves
stave a ladder
Types & categories
- outfit hypernym
Related & opposite
- rung derivation
Sense 3 noun
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
Types & categories
- slat hypernym
Parts & wholes
- barrel part holonym
Sense 4 verb
burst or force (a hole) into something
Types & categories
- burst hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
Types & categories
- crosspiece hypernym
Parts & wholes
- folding chair part holonym
- highchair part holonym
- rocking chair part holonym
- straight chair part holonym
Related & opposite
- stave derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | staff line |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | space |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical notation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rung |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | outfit |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | barrel |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | slat |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | burst |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | stave |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | folding chair |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | highchair |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | rocking chair |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | straight chair |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | crosspiece |