Definitions for stanza

stanza stan·za

Spelling: [stan-zuh]
IPA: /ˈstæn zə/

Stanza is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in stanza (aanstz).

Definitions for stanza

noun

  1. an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.

Origin of stanza

1580-90; Italian: room, station, stopping-place (plural stanze) Vulgar Latin *stantia, equivalent to Latin stant- (stem of stāns), present participle of stāre to stand

Examples for stanza

E-book use on the iPhone exploded, with over a million downloads of the stanza application alone.

That stanza, as it stands above, does not occur in any of the extant quasi-originals.

Finally, just before the tenth stanza, a crestfallen Alvarado whispered that he was done.

A stanza, the final one of that masterpiece, has been preserved.

The eagle was probably the armorial badge of the hero of this stanza.

In this stanza Rhuvawn is celebrated as pious, valiant, and hospitable.

"I wonder whether they sing the sixth stanza," said Frank curiously.

And writers seem to get it a lot, the relationship between words and page and phrase and paragraph, or stanza.

“Nodi,” may also have reference to “nod” in the third line of the stanza.

They greet you with a stanza in return For any food or hospitality.

Word Value for stanza
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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