staff

Nouns

• (n) 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
• (n) a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
  • he walked with the help of a wooden staff
• (n) the body of teachers and administrators at a school
  • the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university
  faculty,
• (n) building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
• (n) a rod carried as a symbol
• (n) (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written stave,

Verbs

• (v) provide with staff
  • This position is not always staffed
• (v) serve on the staff of
  • The two men staff the reception desk

Synonyms

Words of close approximity