staple

Speech parts

1. staple - Noun

2. staple - Adjective

3. staple - Verb

4. staple - Adjective Satellite

5. Staple - Proper noun

Meaning

A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic.

Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.

The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States.

The principal constituent in anything; chief item.

The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.

A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like.

A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.

Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.

Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.

Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.

To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

main standard primary basic core essential fundamental principal secure chief bind pin fix attach tack
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Antonyms

unstaple cleave auxiliary fight minor secondary
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Hypernyms

good material secure commodity fix stuff

Hyponyms

feedstock

Phrases with the word

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Derivatives

stapled stapling

Anagrams

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Examples

staple fibers vary widely in length Source: Internet

staple the papers together Source: Internet

wheat is a staple crop Source: Internet

2000s: Rise to ratings leadership, the American Idol effect, and fierce rivalry with CBS By 2000, many staple Fox shows of the 1990s had ended their runs. Source: Internet

Accessed November 10, 2012 Each colony defends a territory of about convert where eucalyptus trees provide a staple food source. Source: Internet

A comfortable everyday hoodie is a staple of every guy’s wardrobe. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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