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staple

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. staple (verb)
  2. stapling hammer (noun)

2staple

verb
sta·pledsta·pling\-p(ə-)liŋ\

Definition of STAPLE

transitive verb
: to provide with or secure by staples
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Examples of STAPLE

  1. I stapled the pages in the upper left corner.

First Known Use of STAPLE

14th century

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