Associations to the word «Stanza»

Wiktionary

STANZA, noun. A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.
STANZA, noun. (architecture) An apartment or division in a building.
STANZA, noun. (computing) An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP.

Dictionary definition

STANZA, noun. A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke