staple
21staple — 1 noun (C) 1 a small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them together 2 a small U shaped piece of metal with pointed ends, used to hold something in place 3 a food that is needed and used all the time:… …
22staple — sta|ple1 [ steıpl ] noun count * 1. ) a small piece of wire that you press through pieces of paper with a small object called a stapler so that the ends of the wire bend over and fasten the pieces of paper together a ) a small piece of metal… …
23staple — I sta•ple [[t]ˈsteɪ pəl[/t]] n. v. pled, pling 1) a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers or the like by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side 2) bui a similar, oftenU shaped piece of wire or… …
24staple — I. /ˈsteɪpəl / (say staypuhl) noun 1. a bent piece of wire used to bind papers, sections of a book, etc., together. 2. a U shaped or other piece of metal with pointed ends for driving into a surface to hold a hasp, hook, pin, bolt, or the like. 3 …
25staple — {{11}}staple (n.1) bent piece of metal with pointed ends, late 13c., from O.E. stapol post, pillar, from P.Gmc. *stapulaz pillar (Cf. O.Fris. stapul stem of a tooth, M.L.G. stapel block for executions, Ger. Stapel stake, beam ), from PIE stebh… …
26staple — 1. n. & v. n. a U shaped metal bar or piece of wire with pointed ends for driving into, securing, or fastening together various materials or for driving through and clenching papers, netting, electric wire, etc. v.tr. provide or fasten with a… …
27Staple — 1) An official site for selling wool. The government decreed that wool could only be sold at certain locations in order to control the trade and to facilitate the collection of customs. Sites often changed as the objectives of royal policy… …
28staple — [ˈsteɪp(ə)l] noun [C] I 1) a small piece of wire that you press through pieces of paper with a STAPLER in order to fasten them together 2) an important food or product that people eat or use regularly II adj staple [ˈsteɪp(ə)l] a staple food or… …
29staple — 1. noun /ˈsteɪ.pl/ a) A basic or essential supply. Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures. b) A recurring topic or character. In most countries, rubbish makes headlines only when it is not collected, and stinking sacks lie heaped on the… …
30staple — English has two distinct words staple, but they come from a common ancestor – prehistoric Germanic *stapulaz ‘pillar’. This evolved into English staple [OE], which at first retained its ancestral meaning ‘post, pillar’. The modern sense ‘U shaped …
