Term: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
Candidate hypernym: stick: an implement consisting of a length of wood → 1
Candidate hypernym: meal ticket: a source of income or livelihood → 0
Candidate hypernym: scaphiopus: New World spadefoot toads → 0
Candidate hypernym: section: a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) → 0
Candidate hypernym: powderpuff: a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin → 0
Candidate hypernym: archegonium: a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms → 0
Candidate hypernym: banning-order: an order that bans something → 0
Candidate hypernym: bitch: female of any member of the dog family → 0
Candidate hypernym: mennonitism: system of beliefs and practices including belief in scriptural authority; plain dress; adult baptism; foot washing; restriction of marriage to members of the group → 0
Candidate hypernym: unitization: (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units → 0
Candidate hypernym: acetate disk: a disk coated with cellulose acetate → 0