Staple may refer to:

  • Staple food, a foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet
  • Staple (fastener), a small formed metal fastener
  • Surgical staple

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Staple (band), a Christian post-hardcore band
  • Staple (2002 album), an album by Staple
  • Staple (2004 album), an album by Staple
  • Staple (EP), a 2003 EP by Staple
  • STAPLE!, a convention for creators of comics and other independent media

Fibers

  • Staple (textiles), the raw material of fiber from which textiles are made
  • Staple (wool), wool fibers that naturally form themselves into locks

Places

  • Staple, Kent, a village in Kent, England near Sandwich
  • Staple railway station, serving the village of Staple
  • Staple, Nord, a commune in the Nord department in northern France
  • Staple Island, a small rocky island in the Farne Islands in Northumberland, England

Other uses

  • Staple Design, a visual communications agency
  • Staple financing, a form of financing package offered to potential bidders during an acquisition
  • Staple Inn, in London, England, the last surviving Inn of Chancery
  • The Staple, in English historiography, the entire medieval system of trade and its taxation
  • Staple (trade), a system of government control of exports particularly common in the Middle Ages

See also

  • Staple Hill (disambiguation)
  • Stapleford (disambiguation), a number of places in the United Kingdom
  • Staples (disambiguation)