Definitions for stapling
stapling
sta·pling
Spelling: [stey-pling]
IPA: /ˈsteɪ plɪŋ/
Stapling is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.
You can make 422 anagrams from letters in stapling (agilnpst).
Definitions for stapling
noun
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a collar formed of angle iron surrounding a structural member passing through a deck or bulkhead to make a seal that is watertight, oiltight, etc.
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a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
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a similar, often U -shaped piece of wire or metal with pointed ends for driving into a surface to hold a hasp, hook, pin, bolt, wire, or the like.
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a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
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a principal commodity in a mercantile field; goods in steady demand or of known or recognized quality.
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a basic or necessary item of food:
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a basic or principal item, thing, feature, element, or part:
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the fiber of wool, cotton, flax, rayon, etc., considered with reference to length and fineness.
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Textiles. a standard length of textile fibers, representing the average of such fibers taken collectively, as short-staple or long-staple cotton.
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History/Historical. a town or place appointed by royal authority as the seat of a body of merchants having the exclusive right of purchase of certain classes of goods for export.
adjective
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chief or prominent among the products exported or produced by a country or district; chiefly or largely dealt in or consumed.
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basic, chief, or principal:
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principally used:
verb (used with object)
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to secure or fasten by a staple or staples:
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to sort or classify according to the staple or fiber, as wool.
Origin of stapling
staple1 + -ing1
Examples for stapling
He gathered up a few papers and was stapling them together when Karns walked in.
For stapling the wires, in no case should the wires be left naked.
“Attach Form(s) W-2” would be an exercise in the stapling of nothingness.
The skull is on a separate neck wire and all wires are fastened to the back board by passing through holes and then stapling.