staff, n.
(staffs)
freq. cnt. 20
(staffs)
freq. cnt. 20
personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 17
staff
sample sentences
"the hospital has an excellent nursing staff""the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"
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hyponym
newsroom
office, office staff
research staff
sales staff
security staff
service staff, maintenance staff
general staff
headquarters staff
hypernym
member meronym
a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
staff
sample sentences
"he walked with the help of a wooden staff"
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hyponym
hypernym
the body of teachers and administrators at a school
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
faculty staff
sample sentences
"the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
<noun.communication>
staff stave
semantic pointers
hypernym
domain of synset (topic)
part meronym
a rod carried as a symbol
<noun.communication>
staff
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
<noun.substance>
staff
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hypernym