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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sta•pler1 (stā′plər),USA pronunciation n. - a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- a wire-stitching machine, esp. one used in bookbinding.
- Mechanical Engineering, BuildingAlso called sta′ple gun′. a hand-powered tool used for driving heavy-duty wire staples into wood and other materials.
sta•pler2 (stā′plər),USA pronunciation n. - Textilesa person who staples wool.
- Businessa merchant who deals in a staple or staples.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈstapler /ˈsteɪplə/ n - a machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper, etc, to hold them together
sta•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
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