staples

Meaning of staples

noun
  1. 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.
  2. (by extension) Place of supply; source.
  3. The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
  4. A basic or essential supply.
    Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures.
  5. A recurring topic or character.
  6. Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
  7. Unmanufactured material; raw material.
verb
  1. To sort according to its staple.
    to staple cotton
noun
  1. A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
  2. A wire fastener used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
    Can you believe they use staples to hold cars together these days?
  3. A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
    The rancher used staples to attach the barbed wire to the fence-posts.
  4. One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
    Fortunately, there were staples in the quay wall, and she was able to climb out of the water.
  5. A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
  6. A small pit.
  7. A district granted to an abbey.
  8. A post; prop; support

verb

To secure with a staple.

Information about staples

  • The singular form of staples is: staple.
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Hyphenation of staples

sta-ples

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • staples is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of staples

pastels, psaltes

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