Staple

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.

   “The customs of Alexandria were very great, it having been the staple of the Indian trade.”

2. isim Place of supply; source.

   “Whitehall naturally became the chief staple of news. Whenever there was a rumour that anything important had happened or was about to happen, people hastened thither to obtain intelligence from the fountain head.”

3. isim The principal commodity produced in a town or region.

   “The old staple of coal is a declining traffic; and what remains tends to be hauled a shorter distance, as new power stations are sited closer to coalfields.”

4. isim A basic or essential supply.

   “Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures.”

5. isim A recurring topic, character, or item.

   “Lurid stories are a staple of tabloid journalism.”

6. isim Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.

   “Tow is flax with short staple.”

7. isim Unmanufactured material; raw material.
8. fiil To sort according to its staple.

   “to staple cotton”

9. sıfat Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.

   “a staple town”

10. sıfat Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.

    “a staple trade”

11. sıfat Fit to be sold; marketable.

    “What needy writer would not solicit to work under such masters, who will pay us beforehand, take off as much of our ware as we please, at our own rates, and trouble not themselves to examine, either before or after they have bought it, whether it be staple, or not.”

12. sıfat Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.

    “wool, the great staple commodity of England”

13. isim A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.

    “They stapled the documents with an office stapler, putting a staple in the top left corner of each one.”

14. isim A wire fastener, in any of various sizes, used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.

    “They stapled the housewrap with a staple gun firing large staples.”

15. isim A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.

    “The rancher used staples to attach the barbed wire to the fence posts.”

16. isim One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.

    “Fortunately, there were staples in the quay wall, and she was able to climb out of the water.”

17. isim A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
18. isim A small pit.
19. isim A district granted to an abbey.

    “[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.”

20. isim A post; prop; support
21. fiil To secure with a staple.
22. özel isim A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2756).
23. özel isim A habitational surname from Middle English.