staplenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsteɪ.pəl/us/ˈsteɪ.pəl/staple noun [ C ] (WIRE)
a short, thin piece of wire used to fasten sheets of paper together. It has sharp ends that are pushed through the paper and then bent flat by a special device.
a U-shaped piece of metal with sharp ends that is fixed into a surface to hold something, such as a wire fence, in a particular position
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Pins, clips, hooks & pegs
- barrette
- bobby pin
- bodkin
- Bulldog Clip
- clasp
- clip
- clip-on
- hair slide
- hairgrip
- hairpin
- hook
- needle
- paper clip
- peg
- pinhead
- pushpin
- safety pin
- slide
- thumbtack
- tiepin
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staple noun [ C ] (BASIC)
a main product or part of something:
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Standard and routine
- average
- bog-standard
- conformance
- conformity
- day-to-day
- default
- diet
- institutionalize
- mainline
- regular
- regularize
- round
- routine
- routinely
- set
- standard
- std
- stock
- the daily round idiom
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stapleadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈsteɪ.pəl/us/ˈsteɪ.pəl/basic or main; standard or regular:
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Standard and routine
- average
- bog-standard
- conformance
- conformity
- day-to-day
- default
- diet
- institutionalize
- mainline
- regular
- regularize
- round
- routine
- routinely
- set
- standard
- std
- stock
- the daily round idiom
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stapleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈsteɪ.pəl/us/ˈsteɪ.pəl/to fasten something using staples:
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Office practices
- administrative
- branch
- carbon copy
- collate
- collation
- deskbound
- dictate
- file
- in-house
- kaizen
- office
- office-goer
- opening hours
- paperless
- photostat
- pp
- remit
- timesheet
- type sth out/up
- typing
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