staple
sta
ˈsteÉĒ
stei
ple
pəl
pēl
/stˈe‍ÉĒpə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "staple"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ

an essential item that is regularly used or needed
staple definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In many regions, maize is the primary staple.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇, āϭ⧁āĻŸā§āϟāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝāĨ¤
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āϛ⧋āϟ āϤāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁, āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁

a short, fine fiber that is used to make yarn or fabric
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Wool staple is often spun into soft yarn.
āϤāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āύāϰāĻŽ āϏ⧁āϤ⧋āϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĒāϞ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜ āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻž

a small metal fastener used to attach papers together
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The staple held the papers neatly in a stack.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĒāϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĒāϞ, āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ

a small U-shaped metal fastener used to hold cables or wires in place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The technician hammered a staple over the wire to keep it from moving.
āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āϤāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āύāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĒāϞ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϠ⧁āϕ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ, āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ

a basic raw material or product that is regularly used in manufacturing or production
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Wheat is a staple used in flour production.
āĻ—āĻŽ āĻšāϞ āĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻĻāĻž āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝāĨ¤
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āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ

a primary or essential source of supply or resource
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The factory is a staple of the town's economy.
āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ–āĻžāύāĻž āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻ­āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĒāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to fasten objects together using a small metal fastener with two prongs
to staple definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The worker stapled the sheets of fabric to the wooden frame.
āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļā§€āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ•, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ

used or consumed regularly by many people as a fundamental part of daily life
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A black suit is a staple wardrobe item for business professionals.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāϰ⧋āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āφāχāĻŸā§‡āĻŽāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ, āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ•

indicating a main trading center or market for essential commodities
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Merchants traveled to the staple port to exchange goods.
āĻŦāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ⧇ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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