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▸ noun: (by extension) Place of supply; source.
▸ noun: The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
▸ noun: A basic or essential supply.
▸ noun: A recurring topic or character.
▸ noun: Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
▸ noun: Unmanufactured material; raw material.
▸ verb: (transitive) To sort according to its staple.
▸ adjective: Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
▸ adjective: Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
▸ adjective: Fit to be sold; marketable.
▸ adjective: Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
▸ noun: A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
▸ noun: A wire fastener used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
▸ noun: A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
▸ noun: One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
▸ noun: (mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
▸ noun: A small pit.
▸ noun: A district granted to an abbey.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A post; prop; support
▸ verb: (transitive) To secure with a staple.
▸ noun: A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2756).
▸ noun: A habitational surname from Middle English.
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