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