staple

Meaning

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. Place of supply; source.
3. The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
4. A basic or essential supply.
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

To sort according to its staple.

Adj

1. Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
2. Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
3. Fit to be sold; marketable.
4. Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.

Verb

To secure with a staple.

Synonyms

clamp

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brace

parenthesis

basic

holdfast

hasp

cramp

bracket

principal

main

raw material

staple fiber

staple fibre

prime

stitch

texture

fiber

step

main product

leading

chief

lead

lint

marrow

master

material

paramount

peg

pith

primal

primary

rivet

roughage

rudimentary

sew

sort

string

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stud

stuffing

substance

underlying

web

wick

wool

staple food

metal ring

circular groove

attachment clip

staple bolt

circular trench

staple pin

basal

stapling nail

bolt

brooch

buttonhole

capital

central

cephalic

clasp

clip

cobweb

cotton

denier

dog

🐕

essential

filament

fleece

fundamental

gossamer

hold

hold fast

hook

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsteɪ.pəl/

Etymology

From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Doublet of étape and etymology 2.