Staple may refer to: *

Staple food A staple food, food staple, or simply a staple, is a food that is eaten often and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard Diet (nutrition), diet for a given person or group of people, supplying a large fraction of ...

, 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 *" Staple Singers/ Freda Payne", a ''Soul Train'' episode * The Staple Singers, an American gospel, soul and R&B singing group *'' The Staple Swingers'', a 1971 soul album by the Staple Singers

Brands and enterprises

* Merchants of the Staple, an English company which controlled the export of wool to the continent during the late medieval period *

Staple Design Staple Design is a visual communications agency based in New York City and founded in 1997 by Jeff Staple (born Jeff Ng). It has three main divisions: a clothing collection, a creative agency, and a retail store. Staple Pigeon is a full lifest ...

, a visual communications agency

Fibers

* Staple (textiles), the raw material of fiber from which textiles are made *

Staple (wool) A wool staple is a cluster or lock of wool fibres and not a single fibre. For Staple (textiles), other textiles, the staple, having evolved from its usage with wool, is a measure of the quality of the fibre with regard to its length or fineness. ...

, 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 Bend Tunnel, constructed between 1831 and 1834 for the Allegheny Portage Railroad about four miles east of Johnstown, Pennsylvania * Staple Fitzpaine, a village and civil parish in Somerset, England * Staple Island, a small rocky island in the Farne Islands in Northumberland, England

Trade

* Staple right, a medieval right of certain German ports to require merchant vessels to unload and display their goods for sale for a certain period, often three days * Statute of the Staple, a statute passed in 1353 by the Parliament of England * The Staple, in English historiography, the entire medieval system of trade and its taxation

Other uses

* Staple financing, a form of financing package offered to potential bidders during an acquisition *

Staple Inn Staple Inn is a part- Tudor building on the south side of High Holborn street in the City of London, London, England. Located near Chancery Lane tube station, it is used as the London venue for meetings of the Institute and Faculty of Actuar ...