Staples - English meaning

noun

A piece of thin wire with two short right-angled end pieces which are driven by a stapler through sheets of paper to fasten them together.

Usage examples:

If you use paper on your compost, be aware of any plastic or staples in the paper - worms can't eat…

verb

Attach or secure with a staple or staples.

Usage examples:

Merrill stapled a batch of papers together

noun

A main or important element of something.

Usage examples:

Bread, milk, and other staples

noun

The fibre of cotton or wool considered with regard to its length and degree of fineness.

Usage examples:

Jackets made from long-staple egyptian cotton

noun

A centre of trade, especially in a specified commodity.

Usage examples:

Proposals were made for a wool staple at pisa

adjective

Main or important, especially in terms of consumption.

Usage examples:

The staple foods of the poor

noun

A short, thin, u-shaped piece of wire with ends that bend to fasten sheets of paper together

Usage examples:

Put a staple in the upper left-hand corner., because of the storm, most stores were low on staples …

noun

A short thin piece of wire used to fasten pieces of paper together. it has sharp ends that are pushed through the paper and then bent flat by a special tool called a stapler.

Usage examples:

Sugar has been the staple of cuba's economy for centuries., food/household/supermarket staples the …