stapler

/'steiplə/

Thân thiện

A teacher uses a stapler to fasten papers together.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small device used to fasten sheets of paper together by driving a thin metal wire (staple) through them and bending its ends. This is the most common meaning, referring to the common office tool.

Usage

• Noun: Used to refer to the physical tool. It is a countable noun.
  • Please pass me the stapler; I need to attach these pages.
  • The stapler on my desk is out of staples.

Advanced Usage

• Surgical Stapler: A medical device used by surgeons to close wounds or connect tissues during an operation. This is a specialized, technical use of the word.
  • The surgeon used a stapler to close the incision quickly and efficiently.

Variants and Related Words

• Staple (noun): The small piece of bent wire used by a stapler.
  • This box contains 5,000 staples for a standard stapler.
• Staple (verb): The action of using a stapler.
  • Could you staple the report together, please?
• Stapler (archaic/industrial noun): Historically, a person who sorts or deals in staple commodities (like wool or cotton). This meaning is now very rare and specialized.
  • In the 18th century, a wool stapler was an important merchant.

Synonyms

• Fastener: A more general term for any device that holds things together.
• Paper fastener: A more descriptive term specifying its use with paper.

Related Phrases

• Electric stapler / Power stapler: A stapler that uses electricity to drive the staple, often used for binding many pages.
  • For the thick manuals, we use an electric stapler.
• Staple remover: A small tool designed to extract staples from paper.
  • Use the staple remover carefully to avoid tearing the document.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper in order to fasten them together

Từ đồng nghĩa

• stapling machine