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stapler

/ˈsteɪplə/US/ˈsteɪplɚ/

stapler noun: 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.

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Noun (1)

stapler (plural staplers)

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

Noun (2)

stapler (plural staplers)

  1. (dated) A dealer in staple goods.
  2. (dated) One employed to sort wool according to its staple.

stapler meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Assamese

stapler in Tamil

device which binds together paper
கம்பிதைப்புக் கருவி kampitaippuk karuvi

stapler in Bengali

স্ট্যাপলার, কাগজ আটকানোর যন্ত্র

stapler in Malayalam

device which binds together paper
സ്റ്റാപ്ലർ sṟṟāplaṟ

stapler in Assamese

device which binds together paper
ইষ্টেবুল istebul
More languagesFewer languages
stapler in Pashto
کاغز نيوونى
stapler in Arabic
دَبَّاسَة dabbāsa
stapler in Malay
pengokot
stapler in Indonesian
jepretan, pengokot, stapler
stapler in Persian
منگنه mangane
stapler in Thai
เครื่องเย็บกระดาษ, ที่เย็บกระดาษ
stapler in Vietnamese
dập ghim
Dhivehi
ހީރަސް ދަތި hīras dati

Forms of stapler

pluralstaplers

Plural of stapler: staplers

Origin of stapler

From staple (verb) + -er.

From staple (noun) + -er.

Words formed from stapler

Questions about stapler

What does stapler mean?
Stapler means 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.
What is stapler in Tamil?
Stapler in Tamil is கம்பிதைப்புக் கருவி (kampitaippuk karuvi). See Stapler meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stapler?
Stapler is a noun.
How do you pronounce stapler?
Stapler is pronounced /ˈsteɪplə/ (UK).
What is the plural of stapler?
The plural of stapler is staplers.

Words near stapler in the dictionary

  1. stapleguns
  2. Staplehurst
  3. Staplehursts
  4. stapleless
  5. staplelike
  6. stapler
  7. staplers
  8. staples
  9. Stapleses
  10. Stapleton
  11. Stapletons

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stapler (page history and authors); stapler (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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