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stav — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • baton noun A short stick used by a police officer as a weapon or by a conductor to lead an orchestra.
  • rod noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
  • staff noun The people who work for an organisation.
  • stick noun A thin piece of wood, especially a fallen branch or twig.

Senses

stav is used for these senses in English:

  • baton (military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.
  • rod A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
  • staff (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
  • stick A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
  • stick (hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.

baton — full definition

  1. noun A short stick used by a police officer as a weapon or by a conductor to lead an orchestra.
  2. noun A short rod passed from runner to runner in a relay race.

rod — full definition

  1. noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
  2. noun A long, tapering pole used for fishing.
  3. noun An old unit of length equal to about 5.5 yards (roughly 5 meters), once used in surveying and land measurement.
  4. noun (slang) A handgun.

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