staple
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- noun
- /ˈsteɪpəl/
:
producto básico
- In the West, where the potato was a staple crop, many people died from starvation.
- staple food
- a staple crop
- become a staple
It's the it's building your diet around these staples is where the problem comes in.
- It's the it's building your diet around these staples is where the problem comes in.
- This is like a staple for queer literature.
- Like rice, beans, every can, milk, eggs, like every staple was like gone.
- These were a staple of my freezer growing up as a kid.
- Yeah, the staples, staples, spices, stuff like that.
- This can really be a staple anytime that you want it.
- So that has been something that has been a staple for me.
Examples
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The 15-minute morning radio show was a staple of Southern life for over fifty years.
Fiction book (1990) -
It was probably a staple of their diet.
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Is this food a staple in in Germany?
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And the daily staple in many of these parts.
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Take the case of the price for tortillas, an essential staple in Mexico.
Academic text (2008) -
Read the news: in the past eighteen months, the global price of staple foods has skyrocketed.
Academic text (2008) -
Centipedes attacked cassava, the staple of the people, and this raised a great alarm.
Academic text (1999) -
Plus, nearly all mayflies are a staple of freshwater fish diets.
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Gothic literature, characterized by desolate settings and supernatural events, is a staple of the Romantic writers.
Fiction book (2002) -
Rice is a staple in many Asian countries, forming the basis of their diet.
Synonyms
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The simple things people need for daily life, like food and clothing
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The most important part of something, often in a recipe or plan
A common food people in a region eat often as a main part of meals
A common food people eat for breakfast, like toast or cereal
Compounds
- Specialized
A type of cotton with long fibers that is soft and strong for high-quality clothes and sheets
- Specialized
A kind of cotton with short fibers that people use to make coarse cloth
- Specialized
A short natural thread from plants or animals that can be twisted to make yarn
How Essential
Surface Forms
Etymology
Staple meaning a basic or main item comes from an old idea of a 'market' or trading place where goods were kept for sale. Because those markets sold the most needed goods, a 'staple' became a regular, important product like rice or bread.