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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sta•ple1 /ˈsteɪpəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -pled, -pling.
n. [countable] - a short piece of wire bent so as to hold together papers or the like by driving the ends through the sheets and bending them together on the other side.
v. [~ + object] - to fasten by a staple or staples:Staple the pages together.
sta•pler, n. [countable]
sta•ple2 /ˈsteɪpəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Businessa principal raw material or product grown or manufactured in a locality.
- a basic or necessary item of food:flour, salt, and other staples.
- a basic or principal item, feature, or part:respect, trust, commitment: the staples of a marriage.
adj. [before a noun] - chief among the products exported or produced by a country:staple crops.
- basic, chief, or principal:staple industries; a staple diet.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sta•ple1 (stā′pəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -pled, -pling. n. - a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- Buildinga similar, oftenU-shaped piece of wire or metal with pointed ends for driving into a surface to hold a hasp, hook, pin, bolt, wire, or the like.
v.t. - to secure or fasten by a staple or staples:to staple three sheets together.
- bef. 900; Middle English stapel origin, originally, support, post, Old English stapol; cognate with Middle Dutch stapel foundation, German Stapel pile, Old Norse stǫpull pillar
- Businessa principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- Businessa principal commodity in a mercantile field;
goods in steady demand or of known or recognized quality. - a basic or necessary item of food:She bought flour, sugar, salt, and other staples.
- a basic or principal item, thing, feature, element, or part:Cowboy dramas are a staple on television.
- Textilesthe fiber of wool, cotton, flax, rayon, etc., considered with reference to length and fineness.
- Textilesa standard length of textile fibers, representing the average of such fibers taken collectively, as short-staple or long-staple cotton.
- World History[Hist.]a town or place appointed by royal authority as the seat of a body of merchants having the exclusive right of purchase of certain classes of goods for export.
adj. - chief or prominent among the products exported or produced by a country or district;
chiefly or largely dealt in or consumed. - basic, chief, or principal:staple industries.
- principally used:staple subjects of conversation.
v.t. - Textilesto sort or classify according to the staple or fiber, as wool.
- Middle Dutch stapel
- late Middle English: place where merchants have trading rights 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: staple /ˈsteɪpəl/ n - a short length of thin wire bent into a square U-shape, used to fasten papers, cloth, etc
- a short length of stiff wire formed into a U-shape with pointed ends, used for holding a hasp to a post, securing electric cables, etc
vb - (transitive) to secure (papers, wire, etc) with a staple or staples
Etymology: Old English stapol prop, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch stapel step, Old High German staffal staple /ˈsteɪpəl/ adj - of prime importance; principal: staple foods
- (of a commodity) forming a predominant element in the product, consumption, or trade of a nation, region, etc
n - a staple commodity
- a main constituent; integral part
- chiefly US Canadian a principal raw material produced or grown in a region
- the fibre of wool, cotton, etc, graded as to length and fineness
vb - (transitive) to arrange or sort (wool, cotton, etc) according to length and fineness
Etymology: 15th Century: from Middle Dutch stapel warehouse; see staple1 |