| NOUN | artifact | staple, basic | (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant |
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| substance | staple, staple fiber, staple fibre | a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn | |
| substance | staple, raw material | material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing | |
| artifact | staple | a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables | |
| artifact | staple | paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together | |
| VERB | contact | staple | secure or fasten with a staple or staples |
| ADJECTIVE | all | staple | necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities |
| Sounds | stey'pahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities. | |
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| Example | "wheat is a staple crop" | |
| Broader | essential | Basic and fundamental |
| Spanish | básico | |
| Meaning | (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant. | |
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| Synonym | basic | |
| Broader | commodity, trade good, good | articles of commerce |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Spanish | lo esencial | |
| Meaning | A natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn. | |
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| Example | "staple fibers vary widely in length" | |
| Synonyms | staple fiber, staple fibre | |
| Broader | natural fiber, natural fibre | Fiber derived from plants or animals |
| Meaning | material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing. | |
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| Synonym | raw material | |
| Narrower | feedstock | The raw material that is required for some industrial process |
| Broader | material, stuff | The tangible / tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object |
| Spanish | material, materia prima | |
| Catalan | matèria prima, primera matèria | |
| Meaning | A short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables. | |
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| Broader | nail | A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener |
| Spanish | grapa | |
| Meaning | paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together. | |
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| Broader | paper fastener | A fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place |
| Spanish | corchete, grapa | |
| Catalan | grampilló | |
| Verbs | staple | secure or fasten with a staple or staples |
| Meaning | Secure or fasten with a staple or staples. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "staple the papers together" | |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
| Opposite | unstaple | Take the staples off |
| Spanish | grapar | |
| Catalan | grapar | |
| Nouns | staple | paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together |
| stapler | a machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper in order to fasten them together | |
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