Definition of staff

"staff" in the noun sense

1. staff

personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

"the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"

"the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"

2. staff

a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose

"he walked with the help of a wooden staff"

3. staff, faculty

the body of teachers and administrators at a school

"the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"

4. staff

building material consisting of plaster and hair used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

5. staff

a rod carried as a symbol

6. staff, stave

music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

"staff" in the verb sense

1. staff

provide with staff

"This position is not always staffed"

2. staff

serve on the staff of

"The two men staff the reception desk"

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Quotations for staff

At our wittes end. [ Heywood. Bread is the staff of life. [Swift ]

Hope is a lover's staff. [ William Shakespeare ]

Bread is the staff of life. [ Swift ]

Trust not to a broken staff. [ Proverb ]

That is a weak staff to trust to. [ Proverb ]

A married man turns his staff into a stake. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

If ye would know a knave, give him a staff. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Literature is a great staff, but a sorry crutch. [ Sir Walter Scott ]

An old man's staff is the rapper of death's door. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The old man's staff is the rapper at death's door. [ Proverb ]

If the staff be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight. [ Anonymous ]

Fortune is the rod of the weak and the staff of the brave. [ Lowell ]

Bishop of gold, staff of wood; bishop of wood, staff of gold. [ French Proverb ]

A man of a great memory, without learning, hath a rock and a spindle, and no staff to spin. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A man of intellect is lost unless he unites energy of character to intellect. When we have the lantern of Diogenes we must have his staff. [ Chamfort ]

Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue, - I mean good-nature, - are of daily use: they are the bread of mankind and staff of life. [ Dryden ]

staff in Scrabble®

The word staff is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters staff:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word staff

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The 154 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In staff

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staff in Words With Friends™

The word staff is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters staff:

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Words within the letters of staff

2 letter words in staff (4 words)

3 letter words in staff (3 words)

4 letter words in staff (2 words)

5 letter words in staff (1 word)

staff + 1 blank (1 word)

Word Growth involving staff

Shorter words in staff

ta

Longer words containing staff

bedstaff bedstaffs

broomstaff broomstaffs

destaff destaffed

destaff destaffing

destaff destaffs

flagstaff flagstaffs

jackstaff jackstaffs

mopstaff mopstaffs

overstaff overstaffed

overstaff overstaffing

overstaff overstaffs

pikestaff pikestaffs

ploughstaff ploughstaffs

plowstaff plowstaffs

quarterstaff quarterstaffs

restaff restaffed

restaff restaffing

restaff restaffs

staffage staffages

staffed destaffed

staffed overstaffed

staffed restaffed

staffed shortstaffed

staffed understaffed

staffed unstaffed

staffer staffers

staffing destaffing

staffing overstaffing

staffing restaffing

staffing understaffing

staffless

staffroom staffrooms

staffs bedstaffs

staffs broomstaffs

staffs destaffs

staffs flagstaffs

staffs jackstaffs

staffs mopstaffs

staffs overstaffs

staffs pikestaffs

staffs ploughstaffs

staffs plowstaffs

staffs quarterstaffs

staffs restaffs

staffs understaffs

understaff understaffed

understaff understaffing

understaff understaffs