🍞 A main item 📎 To fasten 📎 A wire fastener 🌽 Main or basic 🧵 A fiber length

staple

9 3.4

Used often and important in a diet

adjective
/ˈsteɪpəl/

Specialized

: básico

Oysters, hard clams, and soft clams were staple foods of Indians also (Smith, 1890; Kalm, 1937).
staple foods

I just think they're really nice sort of staple piece for your wardrobe.

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Examples

Wheat is considered a staple grain in Western diets, often used to make bread and pasta.
Some reports also indicate that dried mulberry fruit, along with hazelnuts, is or was the staple food of some Himalayan regions.

Blog text (1)
This is going to be like my fall staple is this kind of marsala type red color.
I just think they're really nice sort of staple piece for your wardrobe.

STEPHANIE TOMS
I've been wearing them so much and it's been an amazing fall piece and staple in the little wardrobe.
Beans, lentils, peas, beans, and other legumes are staple foods worldwide.

Academic text (1995)
Apples were the staple fruit and were served 1.5 to 3 times more often than any other fresh fruit type, followed by oranges, pears, bananas, and tangerines.

Academic text (2011)
There is, after all, a reason that staple crops are staple crops: civilizations are built around high-calorie cereals; without the calories, the micro-nutrients are meaningless.

Blog text (14)
Rice is a staple food in many countries, providing essential carbohydrates for daily meals.
In many cultures, beans serve as a staple source of protein, commonly featured in various dishes.

Compounds

staple gun

9 3.6

A hand tool that pushes metal clips into wood or fabric to hold them

staple dish

1 3.2

A common food people in a region eat often as a main part of meals

breakfast staple

1 1.8

A common food people eat for breakfast, like toast or cereal

long-staple

Specialized

1 7.9

Cotton with long fibers that make cloth softer and stronger

staple fiber

Specialized

1 5.6

A short natural thread from plants or animals that can be twisted to make yarn

long-staple cotton

Specialized

1 5.1

A type of cotton with long fibers that is soft and strong for high-quality clothes and sheets

short-staple cotton

Specialized

1 6.5

A kind of cotton with short fibers that people use to make coarse cloth

How Common

staple

Specialized

9 3.4

regular

∞ 1.0

occasional

257 2.8

rare

944 4.1

Surface Forms

staple positive

Etymology

Staple as an adjective meaning 'regular' or 'important' comes from the same idea of main market goods, so a 'staple food' is one people use every day and depend on.