Staple

//ˈsteɪ.pəl//

Synonyms for "staple" (173 found)

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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (86)

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12 entries

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Synonyms

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at location

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has context

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is a

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manner of

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similar

2 entries

used for

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Translations

169 translations across 42 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • krammetjie noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • krammetjie noun (wire fastener in general)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • скоба noun (U-shaped metal fastener)
  • телче noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • забождам с телбод verb (secure with a staple)

Catalan

4 entries
  • fonament noun (basic or essential supply)
  • grapa noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • matèria prima noun (basic or essential supply)
  • engrapar verb (secure with a staple)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 釘書釘 /钉书钉 noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 主食 noun (basic food)
  • 訂書釘 /订书钉 noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • 釘 /钉 verb (secure with a staple)

Czech

2 entries
  • základní potravina noun (basic food)
  • základní zásoba noun (basic or essential supply)

Danish

2 entries
  • hæfteklamme noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • hæfte verb (secure with a staple)

Dutch

4 entries
  • basisbenodigdheid noun (basic or essential supply)
  • basisvoedsel noun (basic food)
  • haak noun (one of set of rods hammered into structure)
  • kram noun (wire fastener in general)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • agrafo noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

Finnish

4 entries
  • askelma noun (one of set of rods hammered into structure)
  • aspi noun (U-shaped metal fastener)
  • hakanen noun (wire fastener in general)
  • nitomanasta noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

French

4 entries
  • agrafe noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • agrafe noun (wire fastener in general)
  • aliment de base noun (basic food)
  • production principale noun (basic or essential supply)

Galician

4 entries
  • base noun (basic or essential supply)
  • especialidade noun (the principal commodity produced in a town or region)
  • fundamento noun (basic or essential supply)
  • galga noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

German

4 entries
  • Ausgangsmaterial noun (basic or essential supply)
  • Grundnahrungsmittel noun (basic food)
  • Grundversorgung noun (basic or essential supply)
  • Heftklammer noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

Greek

2 entries
  • συνδετήρας noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • συρράβω verb (secure with a staple)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • fémkapocs noun (wire fastener in general)
  • kapocs noun (wire fastener in general)
  • tűzőkapocs noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • aðalframleiðsluvara noun (basic or essential supply)
  • aðalverslunarvara noun (basic or essential supply)
  • baðmullarþræðir noun (length of fibers in wool)
  • grunnvara noun (basic or essential supply)

Irish

4 entries
  • amhábhar noun (basic or essential supply)
  • bunábhar noun (basic or essential supply)
  • príomh-amhábhar noun (the principal commodity produced in a town or region)
  • príomhtháirge noun (the principal commodity produced in a town or region)

Italian

4 entries
  • alimento base noun (basic food)
  • graffetta noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • graffetta noun (U-shaped metal fastener)
  • materia prima noun (the principal commodity produced in a town or region)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ステープル noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • талғажау noun (basic food)

Khmer

2 entries
  • គ្រាប់កិប noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • កិប verb (secure with a staple)

Korean

1 entries
  • 주식 noun (basic food)

Manx

1 entries
  • lhoob yiarn noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

Māori

4 entries
  • makatiti noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • makatiti noun (wire fastener in general)
  • makatiti noun (one of set of rods hammered into structure)
  • tia noun (one of set of rods hammered into structure)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • krampe noun (U-shaped metal fastener)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • krampe noun (U-shaped metal fastener)

Occitan

2 entries
  • agrafa noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • croquet noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • زنبهلامق verb (secure with a staple)

Polish

4 entries
  • klamra noun (wire fastener in general)
  • klamra noun (U-shaped metal fastener)
  • klamra noun (one of set of rods hammered into structure)
  • podstawowe pożywienie noun (basic food)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • agrafo noun (U-shaped metal fastener)
  • grampo noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • grampo noun (U-shaped metal fastener)
  • agrafar verb (secure with a staple)

Romanian

2 entries
  • capsă noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • capsa verb (secure with a staple)

Russian

4 entries
  • основно́й проду́кт пита́ния noun (basic food)
  • скоба́ noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • скре́пка noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • скрепля́ть verb (secure with a staple)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • sìrovina noun (basic or essential supply)
  • sìrovina noun (basic food)
  • сѝровина noun (basic or essential supply)
  • сѝровина noun (basic food)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alimento básico noun (basic food)
  • alimento de primera necesidad noun (basic food)
  • corchete noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • grampa noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

Swedish

4 entries
  • häftklammer noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • klammer noun (wire fastener in general)
  • klammer noun (U-shaped metal fastener)
  • krampa noun (U-shaped metal fastener)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pikolete noun (U-shaped metal fastener)

Thai

1 entries
  • ลวดเย็บกระดาษ noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

Turkish

4 entries
  • başlıca noun (basic or essential supply)
  • esas noun (basic or essential supply)
  • tel zımba noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • temel besin noun (basic food)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • сировина́ noun (basic or essential supply)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • spinka noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ghim noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

Welsh

3 entries
  • prif fwyd noun (basic food)
  • stapl noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  • staplen noun (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

Sample sentences

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Rice is one of those staple commodities.

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This is a horror staple - young men and women spend a night of terror in an isolated house.

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Instant noodles are a staple among college students.

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The squid ink in arroz negro blackens the rest of the ingredients enough to make the Spanish dish a Goth staple.

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