staple in English dictionary

  • staple

    Meanings and definitions of "staple"

    • (obsolete) A market center for a regionally produced commodity.
    • (obsolete) A principal commodity produced in a region.
    • A basic or essential supply.
    • A recurring topic or character.
    • Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
    • A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
    • A wire fastener used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
    • A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
    • One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
    • (transitive) To secure with a staple.
    • adjective
      Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
    • adjective
      Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
    • adjective
      Fit to be sold; marketable.
    • adjective
      Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
    • noun
      A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
    • noun
      A wire fastener used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
    • noun
      A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
    • noun
      One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
    • noun
      (mining)
      A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
    • noun
      A small pit.
    • noun
      A district granted to an abbey.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A post; prop; support
    • noun
      (now historical)
      A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
    • noun
      (by extension)
      Place of supply; source.
    • noun
      The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
    • noun
      A basic or essential supply.
    • noun
      A recurring topic or character.
    • noun
      Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
    • noun
      Unmanufactured material; raw material.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To secure with a staple.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To sort according to its staple.
    • basic or essential supply
    • basic food
    • length of fibers in wool
    • wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper
    • wire fastener in general
    • U-shaped metal fastener
    • one of set of rods hammered into structure
    • secure with a staple
    • staple (for a stapler)
    • (pencil) lead
    • A metal fastener with two legs that are bent to hold several sheets of paper together.
    • adjective
      necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop"
    • noun
      a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn; "staple fibers vary widely in length"
    • noun
      a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
    • noun
      material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
    • noun
      paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together
    • noun
      (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
    • verb
      secure or fasten with a staple or staples; "staple the papers together"

    Synonyms of "staple" in English dictionary

    staple fibre, staple fiber, essential are the top synonyms of "staple" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "staple" in English dictionary

    unstaple is the antonym of "staple" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of staple

    • staple ( plural  staples)
    • staple ( third-person singular simple present staples, present participle stapling, simple past and past participle stapled)
    • staple (not comparable)
    • staple (plural staples)
    • staple (third-person singular simple present staples, present participle stapling, simple past and past participle stapled)
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