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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" the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university" a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff" building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration a rod carried as a symbol provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed" serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk" (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
출처: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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Staff is a kind of artificial stone used for covering and ornamenting buildings. It is made chiefly of powdered gypsum or plaster of Paris, with a little cement, glycerin, and dextrine, mixed with water until it is about as thick as molasses, when it may be cast in molds into any shape. To strengthen it coarse cloth or bagging, or fibers of hemp or jute, are put into the molds before casting. ...
출처: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_(building_material)
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in the sense of "a body of employees" the plural is always staffs; otherwise both staffs and staves are acceptable, except in compounds; such as flagstaffs. The stave of a barrel or cask is a back-formation from staves, which is its plural. (See below for another kind of back-formed plural.)
출처: encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/English_plural
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Five parallel lines on which music is traditionally written.
출처: www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/artsed/scos/mus...
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the names of the lines and spaces drawn horizontally in sets of five on which notes and rests are notated
출처: www.ket.org/artstoolkit/music/glossary.htm
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