Stanza1. (n.) A number of lines 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.
Thesaurus Entries
Spenserian stanza, anacrusis, antistrophe, bass passage, book, bourdon, bridge, burden, cadence, canto, chorus, coda, couplet, development, distich, division, envoi, epode, exposition, figure, folderol, harmonic close, heptastich, hexastich, interlude, intermezzo, introductory phrase, line, measure, monostich, movement, musical phrase, musical sentence, octastich, octave, octet, ornament, ottava rima, part, passage, pentastich, period, phrase, quatrain, refrain, resolution, response, rhyme royal, ritornello, section, septet, sestet, sextet, statement, stave, strain, strophe, syllable, tailpiece, tercet, terza rima, tetrastich, triplet, tristich, tutti, tutti passage, variation, verse