a reading room (in a library or club) where newspapers and other periodicals can be read | a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose |
an office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio station | (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written |
the staff of a newspaper or the news department of a periodical | a rod carried as a symbol |
| the body of teachers and administrators at a school |
| personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task |
| building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration |