| inglés > español | |
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| staple | |
| 1. grapa | |
| 2. grapar, engrapar | |
| inglés > inglés | |
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| staple | |
| 1. s. (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. |  |
| 2. s. (by extension) Place of supply; source. | |
| 3. s. The principal commodity produced in a town or region. | |
| 4. s. A basic or essential supply. | |
| Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures. | |
| 5. s. A recurring topic or character. | |
| 6. s. 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. s. Unmanufactured material; raw material. | |
| 8. v. To sort according to its staple. | |
| to staple cotton | |
| 9. adj. Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities. | |
| a staple town | |
| 10. adj. Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled. | |
| a staple trade | |
| 11. adj. Fit to be sold; marketable. | |
| 12. adj. Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief. | |
| 13. s. A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around. | |
| 14. s. A wire fastener used to secure something else by penetrating and curling. | |
| Can you believe they use staples to hold cars together these days? | |
| 15. s. A U-shaped metal fastener, 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. s. 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. s. (mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels. | |
| 18. s. A small pit. | |
| 19. s. A district granted to an abbey. | |
| 20. s. (obsolete) A post; prop; support | |
| 21. v. To secure with a staple. | |
| español > inglés | |
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| grapa | |
| 1. n-f. staple (fastener) | |
| 2. n-f. clamp | |
| 3. n-f. (medicine) stitch | |
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