Phrase Hound found 39 phrases and 36 compound words that contain staffs. The most common are listed below. Open staffs in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 39
- level staffsplural of level staff: A graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level.
- vine staffsplural of vine staff: A cane originally made of twisted grapevine trimmings and used by Roman centurions to beat the soldiers under their command; the various mushroom-headed batons later borne by them as a mark of office.
- leveling staffsplural of leveling staff: A graduated pole used in the process of establishing heights and altitudes.
- acre-staffsplural of acre-staff: The hind part or handle of a plough.
- air staffsplural of air staff: The chief commander, flag officers, and bureau in charge of a military's air branch; the headquarters general staff of an air force.
- bass staffsplural of bass staff: a staff which starts with a bass clef
- cross-staffsplural of cross-staff: An archbishop's cross.
- flag-staffsplural of flag-staff: A pole on which a flag is raised.
- general staffsplural of general staff: A group of officers in charge of an army under the control of the commander-in-chief.
- grand staffsplural of grand staff: a treble staff joined to a bass staff by means of a brace, with the treble staff on top
- half staffsplural of half staff: Half-mast.
- jack-staffsplural of jack-staff: A short spar, at the bows of a ship, that serves as a flagpole to fly a flag (a jack).
- offset staffsplural of offset staff: A surveyor's rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.
- paddle-staffsplural of paddle-staff: A spade for clearing a plowshare.
- quarter-staffsplural of quarter-staff: A wooden staff with an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.
- short-staffsthird-person singular simple present indicative of short-staff: To employ insufficient staff in (a facility)
- skeleton staffsplural of skeleton staff: The minimum number of employees needed to operate a business during a vacation, weekend, or other period when people do not normally work, or full staffing is not necessary.
- staffs upthird-person singular simple present indicative of staff up: To hire new staff; to fill vacancies in a workforce.
- station staffsplural of station staff: An instrument for taking angles in surveying.
- tau staffsplural of tau staff: A staff with a crosspiece at the top like a crutch.
- verge staffsplural of verge staff
- wait staffsplural of wait staff: Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.
- waiting staffsplural of waiting staff: Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.
- treble staffsplural of treble staff: A staff that starts with a treble clef.
- ragged staffsplural of ragged staff: A knotted stick with short stumps of branches on each side.
Compound words 36
- airstaffsplural of airstaff: The staff of a radio station whose voices are broadcast.
- backstaffsplural of backstaff: An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
- Bickerstaffsplural of Bickerstaff: A surname.
- Biggerstaffsplural of Biggerstaff: A surname.
- cowlstaffsplural of cowlstaff: A staff used to carry a cowl or other burden, especially held by two people on their shoulders.
- Falstaffsplural of Falstaff: A fat and jolly knight.
- flagstaffsplural of flagstaff: A pole on which a flag is raised.
- forestaffsplural of forestaff: An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, later replaced by the sextant.
- Grandstaffsplural of Grandstaff: A surname.
- Grindstaffsplural of Grindstaff: A surname.