staple
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- noun
- /ˈsteɪpəl/
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fibra
- In the poorest parts of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America, where cassava is a staple, its price is expected to increase by 33 percent by 2010 and 135 percent by 2020.
- staple length
- long-staple fiber
- staple fiber
Examples
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Changes in the international market undercut demand for Egyptian long-staple cotton, the country's main source of foreign revenue.
Academic text (1995) -
Muhammad Ali also began the production of long-staple cotton.
Academic text (1999) -
It's made with premium extra long staple cotton.
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My Bombas socks are extra long staple cotton and they are the key to feeling light on my feet all summer long.
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Cotton, too, became more important as farmers planted both the short- and long-staple varieties.
Academic text (2007) -
Why else had the Italians bought enough of his light long-staple cotton for forty thousand uniforms?
Fiction book (1999) -
And you can have natural staple fibers and natural filament fibers and you can have man made staple fibers and man made filament fibers.
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Perhaps the most overblown myth is that of the great "University of Timbuktu." Sometimes called the University of Sankore, after a quarter surrounding a mosque in that fabled desert-edge city, this university has been an enduring staple of one school of African historiography.
Academic text (1992) -
The sweater is made from high-quality long staple cotton, ensuring it is soft and durable.
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Farmers prefer to grow long staple cotton because it is ideal for producing strong yarns.
Synonyms
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A thin thread used to make cloth or yarn
A short natural thread from plants or animals that can be twisted to make yarn
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Staple in textiles, meaning a natural fiber length, grew from the idea of a 'staple' as a basic material used in trade. That's why a 'staple' cotton or wool is the standard piece used to make yarn, and longer staple usually makes finer thread.