Staple
noun
- 1.
- (piece of metal shaped like a U, used to fasten wire, papers, etc) ដែកលួសកឹប
- 2.
- (a chief or principal product of a place, resource essential, basic, a chief commodity core, base, a chief item or element, raw material) វត្ថុសំខាន់ជាងគេ
- 3.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ផលិតផលឬទំនិញសំខាន់
adjective
- 1.
- (established in commerce, principal, chief) ដែលសំខាន់ជាងគេ, សំខាន់បំផុត
verb — past tense: stapled ; past participle: stapled ; present participle: stapling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To fasten with a staple) វាយកឹបភ្ជាប់
Example: The teacher fastened the pages, together with staples, She put the staples in place.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- 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.
- 3.
- Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
- 4.
- The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States.
- 5.
- The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
- 6.
- Unmanufactured material; raw material.
- 7.
- The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.
- 8.
- A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
- 9.
- A small pit.
- 10.
- A district granted to an abbey.
adjective
- 1.
- Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.
- 2.
- Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.
- 3.
- Fit to be sold; marketable.
- 4.
- Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
verb — past tense: stapled ; past participle: stapled ; present participle: stapling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.