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How to pronounce “staff”

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Pronunciation guide for staff

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of staff with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Come in, We're Closed: An Invitation to Staff MealsSo today, she'll be speaking to us about "Staff Meals," her
Definition summary: (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.

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Come in, We're Closed: An Invitation to Staff Meals

So today, she'll be speaking to us about "Staff Meals," her

[Noun]
(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
(music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
(uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.W
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
(archaic) The rung of a ladder.
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
(surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
(military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
(rail transport, archaic) A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line.
[Verb]
(transitive) To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.