pointed staple
1staple — Ⅰ. staple [1] ► NOUN 1) a small flattened U shaped piece of wire used to fasten papers together. 2) a small U shaped metal bar with pointed ends for driving into wood to hold things in place. ► VERB ▪ secure with a staple or staples. ORIGIN Old… …
2staple — staple1 [stā′pəl] n. [ME stapel < OFr estaple < MDu stapel, mart, emporium, post, orig. support, akin to STAPLE2] 1. the chief commodity, or any of the most important commodities, made, grown, or sold in a particular place, region, country …
3staple — sta|ple1 [ˈsteıpəl] n [Sense: 1 2; Origin: Old English stapol post ] [Sense: 3 4; Date: 1300 1400; Origin: . Middle Dutch stapel place of trade ] 1.) a small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them… …
4staple — staple1 /stay peuhl/, n., v., stapled, stapling. n. 1. a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side. 2. a similar, often U… …
5staple — I UK [ˈsteɪp(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms staple : singular staple plural staples * 1) a) 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 …
6staple — 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:… …
7staple — 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… …
8staple — 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… …
9staple — 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 …
10staple — {{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… …
