Word Type

Proper Noun

Verb

Noun

The word "staples" can be used as proper noun, verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

box cabinet desk desk drawer office pantry staple gun stapler store supply cabinet

Capable Of

stick in carpet or rug

Defined As

plural form of staple

Inflected/Variant Forms

staple

Type Of (IsA)

metal pins in staple gun office supply business

Receives Action

picked up with magnet stored in stapler

Related Terms

staple

Used For

attatch pieces of paper together bind papers buying handheld electronics buying office furniture buying paper products buying software connecting pieces of paper togther fasten sheets of paper together hold papers together lock paper to more paper making photocopies paper

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.