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   staple

   /ˈsteɪpl/

   noun

   • 1. a main or important element of something: "bread, milk, and other staples"
   • ▪ a main item of trade or production: "rubber became the staple of the Malayan economy"
   • 2. the fibre of cotton or wool considered with regard to its length and degree of fineness: "jackets made from long-staple Egyptian cotton"
   • 3. a centre of trade, especially in a specified commodity: historical "proposals were made for a wool staple at Pisa"

   adjective

   • 1. main or important, especially in terms of consumption: "the staple foods of the poor"
   • ▪ most important in terms of trade or production: "rice was the staple crop grown in most villages"

   Word Origin Middle English (in staple2 (sense 3 of the noun)): from Old French estaple ‘market’, from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stapel ‘pillar, emporium’; related to staple1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stapled adjective

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