Meaning

4 senses
  1. A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper.

    Hefter, Heftgerät, Heftapparat

    сшива́тельsšivátelʹ, сте́плерstɛ́pler

    сте́плерstépler, зшива́чzšyváč

  2. (broadly)Any device for stapling with (small or large) staples, including any office stapler, staple gun, or hammer tacker.

  3. (dated)A dealer in staple goods.

  4. (dated)One employed to sort wool according to its staple.

More definitions
  • a machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper in order to fasten them together

Examples

27 sentences
  1. I know what a stapler looks like.

    Я знаю, як виглядає степлер.

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  2. I know what a stapler is.

    ruЯ знаю, что такое степлер.

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  3. Will you lend me a stapler?

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  4. Will you please lend me a stapler?

    ruОдолжи, пожалуйста, степлер.

    deKönntest du mir bitte eine Heftmaschine leihen?

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  5. Would you like to borrow my stapler?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
device which binds together paper:
Русский
By meaning 1
device which binds together paper:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device which binds together paper:

Origin

From staple (noun) + -er.

From staple (noun) + -er.

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Forms

plural: staplers
Singularstapler
Pluralstaplers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper in order to fasten them together:stapling machine

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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