Staple

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
 * "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, a visual communications agency

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 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, in London, England, the last surviving Inn of Chancery