Look up: Staple

1. staple
   [adj] - necessary foods or commodities 2. [n] - a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables 3. [n] - paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together 4. [v] - secure or fasten with a staple or staples
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2. staple
   In medieval Europe, a riverside town where merchants had to offer their wares for sale before proceeding to their destination, a practice that constituted a form of toll; such towns were...
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3. Staple
   Collection of short filaments of spinnable length.
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4. staple
   short metal wire added to a solid propellant formulation to increase local heat transfer and thereby the average burning rate Category: The chemical industry • numbers of wool fibres which naturally from themselves into clusters or locks Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - fo...
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5. Staple
   Sta'ple noun [ Anglo-Saxon stapul , stapol , stapel , a step, a prop, post, table, from stapan to step, go, raise; akin to Dutch stapel a pile, stocks, emporium, German stapel a heap, mart, stake, staffel
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6. Staple
   Sta'ple adjective 1. Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town. [ R.] 2. Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade. Dryden. 3. Fit to be...
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7. Staple
   Sta'ple transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle stapled ; present participle & verbal noun stapling .] To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
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8. staple
   1. A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic. 'The customs of Alexandria were very great, it having been the staple of the Indian trade.' (Arbuthnot) 'For the increase of trade and the encourageme...
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9. staple
   adjective necessary foods or commodities; `wheat is a staple crop`
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10. staple
    staple fibre noun a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn; `staple fibers vary widely in length`
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11. staple
    (sta´pәl) a stainless steel wound closure device, usually removed 7 to 10 days after the surgical procedure.
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12. Staple
    • (n.) A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like. • (n.) The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple. • (a.) Established in commerce; occupying...
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13. STAPLE
    (language) A programming language written at Manchester (University?) and used at ICL in the early 1970s for writing the test suites. STAPLE was based on Algol 68 and had a very advanced optimising compiler. (2003-02-28)
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14. Staple
    (language) St Andrews Applicative Persistent Language. Language combining functional programming with persistent storage, developed at St. Andrews University in Scotland. Tony Davie, (ad@cs.st-andrews.ac.uk). (2007-03-22)
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15. Staple
    Crops grown for feeding people and selling the surplus, typically barley, beans, peas, vetch, wheat, and sometimes rye.
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16. Staple
    A small cylindrical piece of metal (usually copper) tubing used to support the blades of a reed.
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17. Staple
    (fastener) A `staple` is a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining or binding materials together. Large staples might be used with a hammer or staple gun for masonry, roofing, corrugated boxes and other heavy-duty uses. Smaller staples are used with a stapler to attach p...
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18. Staple
    `Staple` may refer to: Fastener: Trade: A `staple` was the post, pillar or column marking a market place, hence a `trading post` or designated market place where taxes are assessed on merchandise for sale or export. Thence it came to be used as a generic term for the `articles of merchandise` concer...
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19. Staple
    (band) `Staple` is a Christian rock/metalcore group from Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Staple was founded in 2000 when the members met at Rosedale Bible College in Ohio. History : The First Era (2000-2006): Staple released a full length album and EP independently before signing to Flicker Records in 2...
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20. Staple
    (album) Name = Staple | Type = Album | Artist = Staple | Cover = | Released = March 23, 2004 | Recorded = West Main, Franklin, TN | Genre = Post-hardcore | Length = 39:37| Label = Flicker Records | Producer = Nathan Dantzler | Reviews = Last album = The Staple EP<br />(2003) | This ...
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21. Staple
    (wool) A `Wool Staple` is a naturally formed cluster or lock of wool fibres and not a single fibre. Very many staples together form a fleece. The cluster of wool fibres is made by a cluster of follicles. The natural cluster of wool is held together because individual fibres have the ability t...
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22. Staple
    (textiles) A `Staple` is a fibre of a discrete length and may be of any composition, but a `wool staple` is an independent natural cluster of fibres not a single fibre. A continuous fibre such as natural silk or synthetic is known as a filament not a fibre. Etymology: Extended to cotton, flax...
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23. STAPLE
    (programming language) A programming language written at Manchester University and used at ICL in the early 1970s for writing the test suites. STAPLE was based on Algol 68 and had a very advanced optimising compiler. See also :
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