Word "STAPLE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
Synonyms:
raw material

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn
Synonyms:
staple fiber, staple fibre
Examples:
staple fibers vary widely in length

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
(usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
Synonyms:
basic

Crossword Clues for STAPLE

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Corner fastener
Classification for essential foodstuffs such as rice, corn and wheat (6)
Rejected help at supermarket bagging essential food item
Breaking plates for bread, say The Guardian Cryptic 08 Apr 2024
Breaking plates for bread, say (6)
Metal fixing for papers The Times Concise 08 Apr 2024
Is such a diet rich in iron? (6)
The right sort of diet to pin one's faith to? (6)
Chief commodity (6)
Paper clip alternative LA Times Daily 22 Mar 2024
Basic item in the diet (6)
One may be fired from a gun (6)
Basic dietary item (6)
Fastener for repositioning pleats (6)
Rice, in some cuisine LA Times Daily 29 Feb 2024
Plates (anag.) The Guardian Quick 28 Feb 2024
Principal means of holding paper together (6)
U-shaped nail (6)
It unites sheets of paper Family Time 19 Feb 2024
Main way to fix Printed sheets together (6)
Steel fastener required for broken plates (6)
Fasten, as usual (6)
Form an attachment to rice, perhaps (6)
How to fasten papers with unmanufactured wool (6)
Folded pleats holding magazine together (6)
Packet fastener
Main, standard (6)
Fastener of prime importance
Piece of wire which holds sheets of paper together (6)
Basic form of petals (6)
Churning out plates of everyday food
From "pillar, post", a U-shaped metal nail for driving into wood; or, a similar fastener for cloth or papers (6)
Churning out plates of everyday food (6)
Leading commodity The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2024
Fastener is essential The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2024
Fasten leading commodity The Times Quick Cryptic 01 Jan 2024
It's used to fix useless tap, leaking internally
Main element of an outdated nature about piano (6)
The basic item - a piece of wire (6)
Basic The Guardian Quick 27 Nov 2023
Student into whipped paste and rice? The Sun Two Speed 24 Nov 2023
Fundamental The Sun Two Speed 24 Nov 2023
Alternative to a paper clip Wall Street Journal 07 Nov 2023
Joiner's plates smashed The Times Quick Cryptic 16 Oct 2023
Paper clip alternative New York Times 25 Sep 2023
Fasten together, as papers Newsday 18 Sep 2023
Paper fastener
Paper fastener LA Times Daily 05 Sep 2023
Paper fastener Thomas Joseph 28 Aug 2023
Paper fastener Newsday 10 Jul 2023
Main (part of diet) The Telegraph Quick 05 Jul 2023
Rice, for some cuisines Universal 03 Jul 2023
Alternative to a paper clip New York Times 05 Jun 2023
Principal The Telegraph Quick 28 May 2023
Object for binding contracts New York Times 07 May 2023
Paper fastener Eugene Sheffer 04 May 2023
Office binder LA Times Daily 14 Apr 2023
Paper clip alternative USA Today 25 Mar 2023
Paper fastener Thomas Joseph 04 Mar 2023
Rice or beans, e.g Universal 27 Feb 2023
Necessary commodity The Guardian Speedy 29 Jan 2023
Paper clip alternative USA Today 07 Jan 2023
Paper fastener Eugene Sheffer 19 Oct 2022
Swingline insert LA Times Daily 08 Sep 2022
Important papers may need this for security The Times Cryptic 06 Sep 2022
Paper fastener Universal 30 Aug 2022
Main thing to secure papers
Main thing to secure papers The Guardian Quiptic 22 Aug 2022
Readers may flip over it New York Times 23 Jun 2022
Necessary commodity in constant demand The Guardian Quick 03 May 2022
Metal fastener The Guardian Quick 25 Mar 2022
Paper fastener Irish Times Simplex 19 Mar 2022
Paper fastener Thomas Joseph 14 Mar 2022
First bit of pastrami inside dry bread, perhaps The Times Cryptic 10 Mar 2022
Paper fastener Eugene Sheffer 10 Feb 2022
Affix, in a way New York Times 16 Jan 2022
Jump scares, in horror movies New York Times 13 Jan 2022
Sugar or flour New York Times 23 Dec 2021
Means of securing important raw material
Bread for example not fresh, but quietly accepted The Guardian Cryptic 06 Dec 2021
Bread for example not fresh, but quietly accepted
Fastener for paper sheets Premier Sunday 31 Oct 2021
Basic need Thomas Joseph 16 Oct 2021
Attach a main element The Telegraph Toughie 24 Sep 2021
Fasten together, as two sheets Newsday 30 Aug 2021
Metal fastener for paper USA Today 18 Aug 2021
Softly cutting old bit of wire
Paper fastener Eugene Sheffer 04 Aug 2021
Metal fastener The Guardian Speedy 23 May 2021
Basic recycled plates
Fastener for sheets Wall Street Journal 12 Apr 2021
Paper fastener Thomas Joseph 01 Apr 2021
Basic need Thomas Joseph 04 Mar 2021
Paper fastener Newsday 02 Mar 2021
Paper clip alternative Newsday 27 Jan 2021
Test a plexiglass housing key element
Rice, e.g LA Times Daily 25 Oct 2020
Rice, e.g The Washington Post 25 Oct 2020
Small story about power that binds things together Irish Times Crosaire 13 Oct 2020
Binding part of some legal documents? Wall Street Journal 03 Aug 2020
Paper clip alternative Universal 30 Jul 2020
The -- Singers, American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group The Telegraph General Knowledge 06 Jul 2020
  Main item of office equipment
Principal means of fastening papers
Principal The Telegraph Quick 23 May 2020
Key commodity The Washington Post Sunday 19 Apr 2020
Flat has covered parking — that's essential
Fastening wire The Times Concise 10 Apr 2020
Something used to fix broken plates
Important one goes through papers?
Quietly stops old joiner
Just a plebeian housing fix
Main Street with pollarded tree
Main road at Andhra Pradesh has bottleneck in the middle
Fasten, in a way Newsday 24 Oct 2019
Fastener regularly used The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Oct 2019
Rice, in Chinese cuisine The Washington Post 01 Oct 2019
Rice, in Chinese cuisine LA Times Daily 01 Oct 2019
Pressure will break tired principal
  Fasten together basic material
Putin's head covered by old hat – fix
Put plates out for e.g. rice, sweetcorn …
Student into whipped paste and fixative The Sun Two Speed 01 Mar 2019
Fundamental The Sun Two Speed 01 Mar 2019
Secure standard The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Feb 2019
Alternative to a paper clip New York Times 28 Jan 2019
Fasten together, as papers Newsday 14 Jan 2019
Alternative to a paper clip
Rice, in Chinese cuisine
Fastener is essential The Sun Two Speed 20 Dec 2018
18 By the way, plea altered to get basic stuff 
Flat requires parking; a must-have The Sun Two Speed 22 Nov 2018
Bread or butter LA Times Daily 21 Nov 2018
Bread or butter The Washington Post 21 Nov 2018
Paper clip alternative LA Times Daily 24 Oct 2018
Paper clip alternative The Washington Post 24 Oct 2018
Main fix
Regular fix The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Oct 2018
Mainstay Universal 24 Aug 2018
Power seized by hardened chief The Sun Two Speed 28 Jul 2018
Important food, not fresh, saves little money
Paper fastener The Times Concise 16 Jul 2018
Taro, in Hawaiian cuisine New York Times 27 Jun 2018
Standard item holding papers together The Sun Two Speed 17 Jun 2018
Page link Wall Street Journal 14 Jun 2018
Use a Swingline The New Yorker 21 May 2018
Basic Canadiana 07 May 2018
Like clich� about phosphorus being important element in diet The Telegraph Cryptic 06 May 2018
Means of securing unravelling pleats
Basic LA Times Daily 30 Mar 2018
Basic The Washington Post 30 Mar 2018
Paper-clip alternative Newsday 19 Feb 2018
Power in old chief
Piece of thin wire that is a paper fastener
Bread or butter
Mainstay
Page link
Paper clip alternative
Taro, in Hawaiian cuisine
Basic
Prince enters flat that's basic
Regular food past its best, soft inside
Basic connector
Basic food Newsday 08 Oct 2017
Fastener's main element
Basic commodity and paper fastener Irish Times Simplex 24 Jul 2017
Fastener‘s main element
Priest is entertained by old chief
Gun insert LA Times Daily 11 Jun 2017
Gun insert The Washington Post 11 Jun 2017
Comic book fastener USA Today 05 Jun 2017
Key in standing firm for black pawn
Fundamental — it's a fastener!
Bent item in an office products logo USA Today 09 May 2017
Basic old houses poky for a start The Telegraph Toughie 09 May 2017
Basic element The Guardian Speedy 19 Mar 2017
Priest tucking into old important part of diet
Comic book fastener
Gun insert
Bent item in an office products logo
Basic piano installed in flat
Fastener that looks like U? Universal 08 Dec 2016
Swingline insert LA Times Daily 07 Dec 2016
Metal fastener Universal 08 Oct 2016
Page held by old and overused fastener
Fastener is essential The Times Cryptic 27 Sep 2016
Fastener is essential
Basic element LA Times Daily 21 Aug 2016
Fastener in a gun Universal 14 Aug 2016
Hard to grip top of plastic fastener
Paper fastener — basic foodstuff The Guardian Quick 25 Jun 2016
Alternative to a paper clip Wall Street Journal 24 May 2016
Office binder LA Times Daily 08 May 2016
Keeps things together in bread, for one Irish Times Crosaire 28 Mar 2016
Basic pressure for British in firm The Times Cryptic 23 Feb 2016
Office fastener USA Today 19 Feb 2016
It keeps pages from flying everywhere Jonesin 16 Feb 2016
Office joiner USA Today 19 Jan 2016
Main element in piece of wire The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Jan 2016
Fastener in a gun
Fastener that looks like U?
Basic element
Office binder
Office joiner
Basic flat round centre of Ripon The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Dec 2015
Kind of gun Universal 18 Dec 2015
Flour, for instance Newsday 17 Oct 2015
Secure, in a way, important element of diet The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Aug 2015
Basic fastening The Telegraph Toughie 25 Jun 2015
Paper fastener Irish Times Simplex 19 Jan 2015
Metal fixer The Telegraph Quick 16 Jan 2015
Set list mainstay
Paper clip alternative
Kind of gun
Paper clip alternative
Basic commodity
Office fastener
Flour, for instance
Main fastener
Rock mainstay
Rice, for one
Basic food item
Essential commodity
Paper-clip alternative
Fasten together, as papers
Everyday element
Gun projectile, perhaps
Commodity past its best without smallest amount of preservatives
Put together, in a way
Paper fastener
Paper-clip alternative
Certain gun projectile
Basic element
Essential
Corner item
Rice, for many
Fasten, in a way
Document holder?
Bread or milk
Swingline fastener
Swingline fastener
Pantry or office item?
Bread, milk or eggs
Paper clip alternative
Basic element
Swingline item
Flour or sugar
Mainstay
Fasten with a click
Mainstay
Use a Swingline
Sugar or flour
Principal commodity
Basic food item
Chase scenes, in action films
Important commodity
Clip alternative
Playboy centerfold feature until 1985
Clip alternative
Fasten together, as papers
Necessary food
Sugar or flour, e.g.
Food basic
Bread is one
Basic commodity
Office fastener
Type of gun
Basic food
Fixer of sheets
Paper fastener
Bread, for one
Bread is one
Paper fastener
Flour, salt, sugar, e.g.
Paper fastener
Fastener for sheets
Basic need
Staff of life
Paper clip alternative
Office joiner
Paper clip alternative
Rice, e.g.
Sugar, for example
Paper fastener
Bread or butter
Basic food item
Clip alternative
Basic food item
Bracket-shaped fastener
Basic ingredient
Basic foodstuff
Important commodity
Paper clip alternative
It's usually stuck in a corner
U-shaped wire
It's usually stuck in a corner
Bracket-shaped fastener
Bread, for one
Bread or butter
Pantry or desk item
Office fastener
Fasten
Type of gun
Flour or sugar, e.g.
Bread or butter
Clip alternative
Contract binder?
Flour or sugar
Salt or sugar
Metal fastener
Principal commodity
Food basic
Important commodity
Sugar or salt
Flour or salt
Kind of gun
Centerfold sight
Basic commodity
Sugar or flour
Basic fare
Sugar or flour, e.g.
Sugar or flour e.g.
Use a Swingline
Binder
Corner piece?
Centerfold sight
A word having five anagrams
Raw material
Principal raw material
Fastener
Commodity
Basic foodstuff
Rice, in China
Bread or rice
Flour, sugar or salt, e.g.
Salt or sugar
Principal
Salt or flour, e.g.
Office worker's fastener
Wheat or cotton
Sugar, e.g.
Bread or milk, e.g.
Flour or sugar
Wire fastener
Bread or rice, e.g.
Rice, for instance
Paper clip's relative
Basic item
Sugar or salt
Fastener.
Fastener of a sort.
Standard item.
Principal commodity.
Sugar or salt.
Flour, sugar or salt.
Type of paper binding.
Paper fastener.
Chief item.
Rival of the paper clip.
Chief commodity of a place.
The fiber of wool, cotton, etc.
Goods in steady demand.
Basic commodity.
Rice in China.
Raw material.
Rice, e.g.
Office holder?
It can hold a composition together
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