Thesaurus: stanza

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1. n. A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure.
2. n. An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.
3. n. a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
4. 1. A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure. Horace confines himself strictly to one sort of verse, or stanza, in every ode. Dryden. 2. (Arch.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.
5. n:100 n. a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem