Staple | Mean of staple in English Dictionary

/ˈsteɪpəl/

• Noun
• a piece of metal or wire in the shape of a U that is used for attaching things: such as
• a short, thin wire that goes through papers and is bent over at the ends to hold the papers together or that goes through a piece of paper, a photograph, etc., to attach it to a surface
1. Please fasten the pages (together) with paper clips rather than staples.
2. The notice was attached to the wall with staples.
• a piece of metal or thick wire that is pushed into a surface to hold or attach something (such as rope or wire)
• Verb

• to attach (something) with staples
1. I stapled the pages in the upper left corner.
2. I stapled the check to the form.
3. The notice had been stapled to the wall.
4. I stapled the pages together.
• Noun
• an important food that is eaten very often
1. I need to buy some staples, like bread and milk.
2. Rice is the staple of their diet.
• the main product of a country, area, company, etc.
1. Technology has replaced steel as the region's staple.
• something that is used widely and often
1. Rock music was a staple when I was growing up.
2. His writings are a staple of [=a basic part of] economic theory.
• used, needed, or enjoyed constantly by many people
1. such staple items as flour and sugar
2. That's a staple plot in mystery novels.
• produced regularly or in large quantities
1. staple crops like wheat, rice, or sugarcane