Staple

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Staple may mean:

• Staple (fastener), a formed metal fastener used to secure sheets of material or wires
• Staple food, a foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet. It is a standard commodity rather than a speciality item. This meaning is often extended to cover other areas besides food (a rollercoaster is a theme park staple)
• Surgical staple, used in surgery to close wounds
• Staple (textiles) is the raw material, or its length and quality, of fibre from which textiles are made. It is the material in its standard form as a traded commodity.
• The Staple Singers, a United States gospel, soul, and R&B singing group
• Reed (music), the foundation upon which the reed is constructed. A small cylindrical piece of metal (copper) tubing used to support the cane reeds. The reeds are fastened to the Staple using a copper wire or other suitable material. Staples are used for other type reeds such as oboe, bassoon and similar double reeded instruments.
• Staple (band), a Christian post-hardcore band
• STAPLE!, a convention for creators of comics, minicomics, and other independent media

[edit] Places

• A staple port was one in which trade in specified goods was regulated. The term is a medieval one. Normally the king licensed a particular group of merchants to trade in the commodity, in an area such as his kingdom and their trading had to be done in the staple town or port.
• The staple was the staple port where wool exports were traded. From 1363 to 1558, this was at Calais.
• Staple, Nord (pronunciation: stohpl) is a commune in the Nord département of France. This is the name in its Flemish form.
• Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, is another place in which the word appears but in its French form
• Staple, Kent, a village in Kent, England near Sandwich

[edit] See also

• Staples