ALL meanings of stapling
sta·pling
S s - noun stapling a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality. 1
- noun stapling a principal commodity in a mercantile field; goods in steady demand or of known or recognized quality. 1
- noun stapling a basic or necessary item of food: She bought flour, sugar, salt, and other staples. 1
- noun stapling a basic or principal item, thing, feature, element, or part: Cowboy dramas are a staple on television. 1
- noun stapling the fiber of wool, cotton, flax, rayon, etc., considered with reference to length and fineness. 1
- noun stapling Textiles. a standard length of textile fibers, representing the average of such fibers taken collectively, as short-staple or long-staple cotton. 1
- noun stapling 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. 1
- verb with object stapling to sort or classify according to the staple or fiber, as wool. 1
- adjective stapling chief or prominent among the products exported or produced by a country or district; chiefly or largely dealt in or consumed. 1
- adjective stapling basic, chief, or principal: staple industries. 1
- adjective stapling principally used: staple subjects of conversation. 1