stapler
noun/ˈsteɪplər/
Frequency rank: #19,194 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A device that fastens sheets of paper together by driving a small metal staple through them.
Example sentence
She used the stapler to bind the pages of her report together.
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