Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 15 compound words that contain stave. The most common are listed below. Open stave in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- stave offTo prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
- stave churchA wooden church with a medieval post and lintel construction.
- stave-rhymeA (stressed) word that rhymes with another, in that it begins with the same consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel.
- stave churchesplural of stave church: A wooden church with a medieval post and lintel construction.
- stave-acreA medicinal herb, Staphis agria.
- quarter-staveAlternative form of quarterstaff: 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.
- stave-rhymesplural of stave-rhyme: A (stressed) word that rhymes with another, in that it begins with the same consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel.
- wring-staveOne of the strong pieces of wood used in applying wringbolts.
- Jedburgh staveAlternative form of Jedburgh staff: A kind of Scottish polearm.
- stave-rhymedsimple past and past participle of stave-rhyme
Compound words 15
- StaveleyA placename:
- StaverA surname originating as an occupation.
- stavesmanAn official bearing a stave or wand.
- bowstaveThe stave of a bow, to which the string is attached.
- stavelessstaffless
- stavewoodSimarouba amara or Quassia amara, a tall tree of tropical America, one of the trees that yield quassia.
- pipestaveA stave for a pipe (a type of cask).
- stavesacreA highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers (Staphisagria macrosperma, syn. Delphinium staphisagria).
- palstaveA prehistoric bronze axe of the middle Bronze Age with a thin haft for a forked handle and a thick blade.
- bookstaveAlternative form of bookstaff (“letter, alphabetic symbol”).