Staple

Noun

 * 1)  A market center for a regionally produced commodity.
 * 2)  A principal commodity produced in a region.
 * 3) A basic or essential supply.
 * Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures.
 * 1) A recurring topic or character.
 * 2) *2010, The Economist, Jul-Aug 2010, p. 27:
 * In most countries, rubbish makes headlines only when it is not collected, and stinking sacks lie heaped on the streets. In Britain bins are a front-page staple.
 * 1) Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
 * Tow is flax with short staple.

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?
 * 1) 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.
 * 1) 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.

Verb

 * 1)  To secure with a staple.

Derived terms

 * stapler

Thesaurus
anchored, article, article of commerce, article of merchandise, articulate, auto show, basic, basics, batten, batten down, bazaar, boat show, body, bolt, bonanza, buckle, bulk, butt, button, catalog goods, chief, clasp, cleat, clip, commercial complex, commodities, commodity, consumer goods, consumer items, conventional, core, cornucopia, corpus, critical, customary, dovetail, drug, effects, elementary, emporium, essential, essentials, exposition, eye, fair, fastened, feature, fixed, flea fair, flea market, font, fount, fountain, fundamental, fundamentals, gold mine, goods, goods for sale, habitual, hasp, hinge, hitch, hook, indispensable, inventory, item, jam, job lot, joint, latch, lead item, leader, line, line of goods, lock, lode, loss leader, mail-order goods, main, market, market overt, marketplace, mart, mass, material resources, materials, materiel, merchandise, mine, miter, mortise, nail, necessary, necessities, normal, open market, ordinary, peg, pin, plaza, prevailing, primary, principal, product, quarry, rabbet, raw material, required, requisite, resource, rialto, ring, rivet, riveted, scarf, screw, seconds, set, settled, sew, shopping center, shopping mall, shopping plaza, show, sideline, skewer, snap, source, source of supply, special, spring, standard, standard article, staple item, staples, stated, stick, stitch, stock, stock-in-trade, store, street market, stuff, substance, substances, supply, tack, toggle, trade fair, universal, usual, vein, vendible, vendibles, vital, ware, wares, wedge, well, wellspring, zipper

Etymology 1
, from, from estaple:, of  origin, ultimately from  from. Cognate with stapol:,  stapel:,  stapol:, and to English staff:.

Etymology 2
Probably from stapel:, from  stapol:. See also steppan: and  estaple:

Noun

 * Dutch: basisbenodigdheid
 * Finnish:
 * Icelandic: aðalframleiðsluvara, aðalverslunarvara , grunnvara , nauðsynjar , nauðsynjavörur


 * Italian:
 * Polish: podstawowy artykuł
 * Serbian:


 * Dutch: basisvoedsel
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: uppistaða, uppistöðumatur , uppistöðuefni , hráefni


 * Polish: podstawowe pożywienie
 * Russian: основной продукт питания
 * Serbian:


 * Icelandic: hörtrefjar, ullarþræðir , baðmullarþræðir


 * Polish:

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: heftklammer
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: tűzőkapocs


 * Icelandic:
 * Manx: lhoob yiarn
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: grampo
 * Russian: скрепка
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: häftklammer


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Hungarian: fémkapocs, kapocs
 * Icelandic: hefti, kengur , vírhefti
 * Polish: klamra


 * Finnish: ,
 * Icelandic: hefti, vírhefti
 * Italian:


 * Polish: klamra
 * Portuguese: grampo
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Icelandic: hefti, kengur , vírhefti
 * Polish: klamra

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian:
 * Polish: zszyć
 * Portuguese:, grampear
 * Russian: скреплять
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * palest, pastel, petals, plates, pleats, septal, tepals

Verb
staple