staple
Pantry must-have item
Two words share the spelling s-t-a-p-l-e.
The first is a fastener, U-shaped and often made of metal, in which pointed ends penetrate layers to bind them together, or in other words, staple them, as you would staple papers together.
The second staple is a basic or essential item.
Jeans are wardrobe staples.
Dietary staples are things you eat regularly: I need to buy milk, eggs, and other staples at the grocery store.
Before another noun, staple may refer either to the first (staple gun) or second (staple crop) meaning.
Agent that eliminates
- pullerOne who draws toward
- trayShallow portable platform
- dispenserDevice that releases portions
- refillsReplacement supplies
paper · documents · binding · desk · stationery · collate · attach · fasten
Agent that eliminates
- gunProjectile-launching weapon
- wireThin metallic conductor
- prongPointed projecting part
- tackerTool driving small fasteners
upholstery · paper · clip · pin · bent · jammed · refill · strip
Forming the base
- crucialOf supreme importance
- indispensableUtterly required, irreplaceable
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- necessaryIndispensable, cannot omit
core · key · primary · basic · integral · foundational · prerequisite · central
remover
Agent that eliminates
refills · paper · documents · binding · desk · stationery · collate · attach · fasten · organize
remover
Agent that eliminates
tacker · upholstery · paper · clip · pin · bent · jammed · refill · strip · industrial
fundamental
Forming the base
- crucialOf supreme importance
- indispensableUtterly required, irreplaceable
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
necessary · core · key · primary · basic · integral · foundational · prerequisite · central · pivotal
rice
Staple cereal grain
bread · beans · lentils · millet · cassava · yams · taro · plantains · sorghum · barley
cotton
Plant fiber for textiles
raw · processed · spinning · thread · yarn · quality · grade · bale · ginning · carding
- fastenersbolt, screw, nail, nut, clip
- hardwaredoor handle, hinge, lock, latch, screw
- office supplies verbsclip, punch, tape, file, bind
- paper fastenerspaper clip, binder clip, brad, paper fastener, bulldog clip
- upholsteryfoam, padding, stuffing, tufting, fabric
- old fastenersbuckle, clasp, rivet, nail, pin
stapleluxury
Expensive nonessential comfort
nonessential · inessential · dispensable · unnecessary · extra
staplepaper clip
Wire loop for binding sheets
binder clip · unfastened · unbound · rubber band · adhesive
- staple gunTool firing bent fasteners
- culinary stapleEssential cooking ingredient
- staple removerTool for extracting fasteners
- staple foodsEssential regular food sources
- staple cropsAgricultural dietary mainstays
- pantry staplesRegularly kept food supplies
staples, stapler, stapled, stapling, staplers, unstapled, restapled, staple gun, restaple