"staple" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-staple.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪpəl Etymology: From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|staple}} Middle English staple, {{der|en|xno|estaple}} Anglo-Norman estaple, {{der|en|fro|estaple||market, (trading) post}} Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), {{der|en|LL.|stapula}} Late Latin stapula, {{der|en|frk|*stapul}} Frankish *stapul, {{der|en|gem-pro|*stapulaz||post}} Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*stebʰ-||post, stem}} Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”), {{m|en|staff}} staff Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} staple (not comparable)
  1. Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-staple-en-adj-7Tn5JHCS
  2. Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-staple-en-adj-j4T3lhrk
  3. Fit to be sold; marketable. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-staple-en-adj-NhA8pYNX
  4. Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-staple-en-adj-gpxVvAX-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-staple.ogg [US] Forms: staples [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪpəl Etymology: From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|staple}} Middle English staple, {{der|en|xno|estaple}} Anglo-Norman estaple, {{der|en|fro|estaple||market, (trading) post}} Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), {{der|en|LL.|stapula}} Late Latin stapula, {{der|en|frk|*stapul}} Frankish *stapul, {{der|en|gem-pro|*stapulaz||post}} Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*stebʰ-||post, stem}} Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”), {{m|en|staff}} staff Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} staple (countable and uncountable, plural staples)
  1. (now historical) A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-RBy~3D8T
  2. (by extension) Place of supply; source. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-A0vxJj8o
  3. The principal commodity produced in a town or region. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the principal commodity produced in a town or region): päätuote (Finnish), príomh-amhábhar [masculine] (Irish), príomhtháirge [masculine] (Irish), materia prima [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-yHeIA0wD Disambiguation of 'the principal commodity produced in a town or region': 5 1 91 1 1 1 1
  4. A basic or essential supply. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (basic food): 主食 (zhǔshí) (Chinese Mandarin), základní potravina [feminine] (Czech), basisvoedsel [neuter] (Dutch), peruselintarvike (Finnish), aliment de base [masculine] (French), Grundnahrungsmittel [neuter] (German), uppistaða [feminine] (Icelandic), uppistöðumatur [masculine] (Icelandic), uppistöðuefni [neuter] (Icelandic), hráefni [neuter] (Icelandic), alimento base [masculine] (Italian), 주식 (jusik) (alt: 主食) (Korean), podstawowe pożywienie [neuter] (Polish), основно́й проду́кт пита́ния (osnovnój prodúkt pitánija) [masculine] (Russian), сѝровина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sìrovina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alimento básico [masculine] (Spanish), alimento de primera necesidad [masculine] (Spanish), temel besin (Turkish), temel gıda (Turkish), prif fwyd [masculine] (Welsh) Translations (basic or essential supply): základní zásoba [feminine] (Czech), basisbenodigdheid [feminine] (Dutch), perustarvike (Finnish), production principale [feminine] (French), fundamento (Galician), Ausgangsmaterial [neuter] (German), Grundversorgung [feminine] (German), aðalframleiðsluvara [feminine] (Icelandic), aðalverslunarvara [feminine] (Icelandic), grunnvara [feminine] (Icelandic), nauðsynjar [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), nauðsynjavörur [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), amhábhar [masculine] (Irish), bunábhar [masculine] (Irish), prodotto di base [masculine] (Italian), podstawowy artykuł [masculine] (Polish), сѝровина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sìrovina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), esencialidad (Spanish), materia prima [feminine] (Spanish), producto principal [masculine] (Spanish), stapelvara [common-gender] (Swedish), başlıca (Turkish), esas (Turkish), сировина́ (syrovyná) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-Pes-7rW3 Disambiguation of 'basic food': 7 7 2 65 2 6 10 Disambiguation of 'basic or essential supply': 2 16 1 76 1 2 2
  5. A recurring topic or character. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-qRf1~9XA
  6. Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (length of fibers in wool): tapuli (Finnish), hörtrefjar [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), ullarþræðir [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), baðmullarþræðir [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), stapel [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-txLuMGKT Disambiguation of 'length of fibers in wool': 10 8 16 7 8 41 9
  7. Unmanufactured material; raw material. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-5zxNjjeV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: staple character
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-staple.ogg [US] Forms: staples [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪpəl Etymology: From Middle English stapel (“staple, pillar, post”), from Old English stapol (“post, pillar”), from Proto-West Germanic *stapul, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). See also Old English steppan (“to step”) and Old French estaple (“post”). Consider also stapes (“stirrup”), from Latin. Doublet of staple (etymology 1). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stapel||staple, pillar, post}} Middle English stapel (“staple, pillar, post”), {{inh|en|ang|stapol||post, pillar}} Old English stapol (“post, pillar”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stapul}} Proto-West Germanic *stapul, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*stapulaz}} Proto-Germanic *stapulaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*stebʰ-||post, stem}} Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”), {{cog|ang|steppan||to step}} Old English steppan (“to step”), {{cog|fro|estaple||post}} Old French estaple (“post”), {{m|en|stapes||stirrup}} stapes (“stirrup”), {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{doublet|en|staple}} Doublet of staple Head templates: {{en-noun}} staple (plural staples)
  1. A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around. Categories (topical): Fasteners Translations (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper): krammetjie (Afrikaans), телче (telče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), grapa [feminine] (Catalan), 釘書釘 (Chinese Cantonese), 钉书钉 (deng¹ syu¹ deng¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 訂書釘 (Chinese Mandarin), 订书钉 (dìngshūdīng) (Chinese Mandarin), hæfteklamme [common-gender] (Danish), niet [feminine] (Dutch), agrafo (Esperanto), nitomanasta (Finnish), paperiniitti (Finnish), agrafe [feminine] (French), grampa [feminine] (Galician), galga [feminine] (Galician), Heftklammer [feminine] (German), συνδετήρας (syndetíras) [masculine] (Greek), tűzőkapocs (Hungarian), hefti [neuter] (Icelandic), stápla [masculine] (Irish), គ្រាប់កិប (krŏəpkəp) (Khmer), lhoob yiarn [masculine] (Manx), tēpara (Maori), makatiti (Maori), croquet [masculine] (Occitan), agrafa [feminine] (Occitan), zszywka [feminine] (Polish), grampo [masculine] (Portuguese), capsă [feminine] (Romanian), скре́пка (skrépka) [feminine] (Russian), grapa [feminine] (Spanish), corchete [Chile, masculine] (Spanish), häftklammer [common-gender] (Swedish), ลวดเย็บกระดาษ (lûuat-yép-grà-dàat) (Thai), tel zımba (Turkish), spinka [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), stapl [feminine] (Welsh), staplen [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-YIAdyMvZ Disambiguation of Fasteners: 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 18 19 19 6 2 1 3 3 2 3 Disambiguation of 'wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper': 44 35 17 2 1 0 1 1
  2. A wire fastener used to secure something else by penetrating and curling. Categories (topical): Fasteners
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-0WWNkRGJ Disambiguation of Fasteners: 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 18 19 19 6 2 1 3 3 2 3
  3. A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures. Categories (topical): Fasteners Translations (U-shaped metal fastener): скоба (skoba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kram [feminine] (Dutch), aspi (Finnish), sinkilä (Finnish), grampa [feminine] (Galician), hefti [neuter] (Icelandic), vírhefti [neuter] (Icelandic), graffetta [feminine] (Italian), tēpara (Maori), krampe [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), krampe [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), klamra [feminine] (Polish), grampo [Brazil] (Portuguese), agrafo [Portugal] (Portuguese), grapa [feminine] (Spanish), klammer [common-gender] (Swedish), krampa [common-gender] (Swedish), pikolete (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-gpRAmpXD Disambiguation of Fasteners: 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 18 19 19 6 2 1 3 3 2 3 Disambiguation of 'U-shaped metal fastener': 11 12 49 24 1 0 2 1
  4. One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder. Translations (one of set of rods hammered into structure): haak [masculine] (Dutch), askelma (Finnish), hefti [neuter] (Icelandic), kengur [masculine] (Icelandic), vírhefti [neuter] (Icelandic), makatiti (Maori), tēpara (Maori), tia (Maori), klamra [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-P6YKYXKh Disambiguation of 'one of set of rods hammered into structure': 2 2 8 71 9 0 3 6
  5. (mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-EquWWWVi Topics: business, mining
  6. A small pit.
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-4PsaPsF5
  7. A district granted to an abbey.
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-bq3lBG6p
  8. (obsolete) A post; prop; support Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-staple-en-noun-So-T0cYP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bike staple, pipe-staple, staple gun, staple puller, staple punch, staple remover Translations (wire fastener in general): krammetjie (Afrikaans), niet [feminine] (Dutch), sinkilä (Finnish), hakanen (Finnish), agrafe [feminine] (French), grampa [feminine] (Galician), fémkapocs (Hungarian), kapocs (Hungarian), hefti [neuter] (Icelandic), kengur [masculine] (Icelandic), vírhefti [neuter] (Icelandic), makatiti (Maori), tēpara (Maori), klamra [feminine] (Polish), klammer [common-gender] (Swedish)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'wire fastener in general': 32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-staple.ogg [US] Forms: staples [present, singular, third-person], stapling [participle, present], stapled [participle, past], stapled [past]
Rhymes: -eɪpəl Etymology: From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|staple}} Middle English staple, {{der|en|xno|estaple}} Anglo-Norman estaple, {{der|en|fro|estaple||market, (trading) post}} Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), {{der|en|LL.|stapula}} Late Latin stapula, {{der|en|frk|*stapul}} Frankish *stapul, {{der|en|gem-pro|*stapulaz||post}} Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*stebʰ-||post, stem}} Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”), {{m|en|staff}} staff Head templates: {{en-verb}} staple (third-person singular simple present staples, present participle stapling, simple past and past participle stapled)
  1. (transitive) To sort according to its staple. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-staple-en-verb-fsiQlnGs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-staple.ogg [US] Forms: staples [present, singular, third-person], stapling [participle, present], stapled [participle, past], stapled [past]
Rhymes: -eɪpəl Etymology: From Middle English stapel (“staple, pillar, post”), from Old English stapol (“post, pillar”), from Proto-West Germanic *stapul, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). See also Old English steppan (“to step”) and Old French estaple (“post”). Consider also stapes (“stirrup”), from Latin. Doublet of staple (etymology 1). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stapel||staple, pillar, post}} Middle English stapel (“staple, pillar, post”), {{inh|en|ang|stapol||post, pillar}} Old English stapol (“post, pillar”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stapul}} Proto-West Germanic *stapul, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*stapulaz}} Proto-Germanic *stapulaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*stebʰ-||post, stem}} Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”), {{cog|ang|steppan||to step}} Old English steppan (“to step”), {{cog|fro|estaple||post}} Old French estaple (“post”), {{m|en|stapes||stirrup}} stapes (“stirrup”), {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{doublet|en|staple}} Doublet of staple Head templates: {{en-verb}} staple (third-person singular simple present staples, present participle stapling, simple past and past participle stapled)
  1. (transitive) To secure with a staple. Tags: transitive Derived forms: stapler Related terms: Staple Hill Translations (secure with a staple): забождам с телбод (zaboždam s telbod) (Bulgarian), engrapar (Catalan), grapar (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (dìng) (Chinese Mandarin), hæfte (Danish), nieten (Dutch), nitoa (Finnish), agrafer (French), grampar (Galician), συρράβω (syrrávo) (Greek), hefta (Icelandic), pinzare (Italian), កិប (kəp) (Khmer), makatiti (Maori), whakapinepine (Maori), zszyć (Polish), agrafar [Portugal] (Portuguese), grampear [Brazil] (Portuguese), capsa (Romanian), скрепля́ть (skrepljátʹ) (Russian), grapar (Spanish), engrapar (Spanish), häfta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-staple-en-verb-CFcuZN5b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "word": "hakanen"
    },
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      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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      ],
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      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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        "feminine"
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      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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    {
      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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    {
      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
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      ],
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      "_dis1": "32 33 23 2 4 0 5 1",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "secure with a staple",
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        "Place of supply; source."
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        }
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          "text": "Tow is flax with short staple."
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          "spun",
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        [
          "yarn",
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          "thread",
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        "countable",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Unmanufactured material; raw material."
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        [
          "raw",
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsteɪ.pəl/",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "základní zásoba"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "word": "perustarvike"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "production principale"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "word": "fundamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ausgangsmaterial"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grundversorgung"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aðalframleiðsluvara"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aðalverslunarvara"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grunnvara"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "nauðsynjar"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "nauðsynjavörur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amhábhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bunábhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prodotto di base"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podstawowy artykuł"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сѝровина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sìrovina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "word": "esencialidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "materia prima"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "producto principal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stapelvara"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "word": "başlıca"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "word": "esas"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "syrovyná",
      "sense": "basic or essential supply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сировина́"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the principal commodity produced in a town or region",
      "word": "päätuote"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the principal commodity produced in a town or region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "príomh-amhábhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the principal commodity produced in a town or region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "príomhtháirge"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the principal commodity produced in a town or region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "materia prima"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔshí",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "word": "主食"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "základní potravina"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "basisvoedsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "word": "peruselintarvike"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aliment de base"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Grundnahrungsmittel"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uppistaða"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uppistöðumatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uppistöðuefni"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hráefni"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alimento base"
    },
    {
      "alt": "主食",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jusik",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "word": "주식"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "podstawowe pożywienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osnovnój prodúkt pitánija",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "основно́й проду́кт пита́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сѝровина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sìrovina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alimento básico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alimento de primera necesidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "word": "temel besin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "word": "temel gıda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "basic food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prif fwyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "length of fibers in wool",
      "word": "tapuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "length of fibers in wool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "hörtrefjar"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "length of fibers in wool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ullarþræðir"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "length of fibers in wool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "baðmullarþræðir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "length of fibers in wool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stapel"
    }
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    "The Staple"
  ],
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}

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      "args": {
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        }
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      "word": "bike staple"
    },
    {
      "word": "pipe-staple"
    },
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      "word": "staple gun"
    },
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      "word": "staple puller"
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      "word": "staple punch"
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      "word": "staple remover"
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "staple (plural staples)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wire",
          "wire"
        ],
        [
          "fastener",
          "fastener"
        ],
        [
          "secure",
          "secure"
        ],
        [
          "stack",
          "stack"
        ],
        [
          "paper",
          "paper"
        ],
        [
          "penetrating",
          "penetrate"
        ],
        [
          "curl",
          "curl"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Can you believe they use staples to hold cars together these days?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wire fastener used to secure something else by penetrating and curling."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The rancher used staples to attach the barbed wire to the fence-posts."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Fortunately, there were staples in the quay wall, and she was able to climb out of the water."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "piling",
          "piling"
        ],
        [
          "wharf",
          "wharf"
        ],
        [
          "ladder",
          "ladder"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mining"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "mining"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A small pit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pit",
          "pit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1605, William Camden, “Money”, in Remaines Concerning Britain",
          "text": "[Henry II] also granted liberty of coyning to certain Cities and Abbies, allowing them one staple and two puncheons at a rate, with certain restrictions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A district granted to an abbey."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "district",
          "district"
        ],
        [
          "abbey",
          "abbey"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A post; prop; support"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "post",
          "post"
        ],
        [
          "prop",
          "prop"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A post; prop; support"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈsteɪ.pəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪpəl"
    },
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "krammetjie"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "telče",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "телче"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "釘書釘"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "deng¹ syu¹ deng¹",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "钉书钉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "訂書釘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dìngshūdīng",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "订书钉"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hæfteklamme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "agrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "nitomanasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "paperiniitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agrafe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grampa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "galga"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Heftklammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syndetíras",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "συνδετήρας"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "tűzőkapocs"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hefti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stápla"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "krŏəpkəp",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "គ្រាប់កិប"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lhoob yiarn"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "tēpara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "makatiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "croquet"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agrafa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zszywka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grampo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "capsă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrépka",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скре́пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spinka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corchete"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "häftklammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lûuat-yép-grà-dàat",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "ลวดเย็บกระดาษ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "word": "tel zımba"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stapl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "staplen"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "word": "krammetjie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "word": "sinkilä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "word": "hakanen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agrafe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grampa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "word": "fémkapocs"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "word": "kapocs"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hefti"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kengur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vírhefti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "word": "makatiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "word": "tēpara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klamra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wire fastener in general",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "klammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skoba",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скоба"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kram"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "word": "aspi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "word": "sinkilä"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grampa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hefti"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vírhefti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "graffetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "word": "tēpara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krampe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krampe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klamra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "grampo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "agrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "klammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krampa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "U-shaped metal fastener",
      "word": "pikolete"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one of set of rods hammered into structure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one of set of rods hammered into structure",
      "word": "askelma"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "one of set of rods hammered into structure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hefti"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "one of set of rods hammered into structure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kengur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "one of set of rods hammered into structure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vírhefti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one of set of rods hammered into structure",
      "word": "makatiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one of set of rods hammered into structure",
      "word": "tēpara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one of set of rods hammered into structure",
      "word": "tia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one of set of rods hammered into structure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klamra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "staple"
}

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  "categories": [
    "en:Fasteners"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "stapler"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "stapel",
        "4": "",
        "5": "staple, pillar, post"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English stapel (“staple, pillar, post”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "stapol",
        "4": "",
        "5": "post, pillar"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*stapul"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *stapul",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*stapulaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stapulaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*stebʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "post, stem"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "steppan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to step"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English steppan (“to step”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "estaple",
        "3": "",
        "4": "post"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French estaple (“post”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "stapes",
        "3": "",
        "4": "stirrup"
      },
      "expansion": "stapes (“stirrup”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "staple"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of staple",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English stapel (“staple, pillar, post”), from Old English stapol (“post, pillar”), from Proto-West Germanic *stapul, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”).\nSee also Old English steppan (“to step”) and Old French estaple (“post”). Consider also stapes (“stirrup”), from Latin. Doublet of staple (etymology 1).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "staples",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stapling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stapled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stapled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "staple (third-person singular simple present staples, present participle stapling, simple past and past participle stapled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Staple Hill"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To secure with a staple."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "secure",
          "secure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To secure with a staple."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsteɪ.pəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪpəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-staple.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/En-us-staple.ogg/En-us-staple.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/En-us-staple.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaboždam s telbod",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "забождам с телбод"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "engrapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "grapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "釘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dìng",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "钉"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "hæfte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "nieten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "nitoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "agrafer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "grampar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syrrávo",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "συρράβω"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "hefta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "pinzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kəp",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "កិប"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "makatiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "whakapinepine"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "zszyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "agrafar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "grampear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "capsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrepljátʹ",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "скрепля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "grapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "engrapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "secure with a staple",
      "word": "häfta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "staple"
}

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