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→ See Verb table staple staple 3 adjective a staple food, product, activity etc is one that is basic, most important, or standard Oil is Nigeria’s staple export. staple staple 2 verb to fasten things, especially sheets of paper, together with a staple He stapled a batch of papers together. 4 COMMERCE a standard or common product The Kiwi fruit quickly became a supermarket staple in the expanding section of exotic fruits. a staple ingredient of comedy 2 → staple diet 3 USUALLY used all the time Marty’s staple excuses From Longman Business Dictionary staple sta‧ple 1 / ˈsteɪp əl / noun 1 OFFICE a small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them together 2 a food that is needed and used all the time staples like flour and rice 3 ECONOMICS the main product that is produced in a country Bananas and sugar are the staples of Jamaica. staple staple 3 adjective 1 MAIN forming the greatest or most important part of something Oil is Nigeria’s staple export. There was a credit-card slip stapled to the receipt and I tucked both in my pocket for later inspection.Finally, staple them together and flip through them to see them move.
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Industry magazines have thinned down so much with the collapse of internet advertising that they can now be stapled rather than bound.Select the ones that have held bottles, because they will be stapled at the bottom and are much stronger.We had to staple a polythene vapour barrier to the rafters of a pitched roof.→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpus staple staple something to something I stapled the order form to the invoice. staple staple 2 verb FASTEN/DO UP to fasten two or more things together with a staple staple something together The handouts are all stapled together. The length of the cable then rests on the staples and can always be lifted off for painting and cleaning.
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Alternative medicine is now a staple of continuing education at Harvard University Medical School.It is a staple of the multilateral trading system, and is extended by the United States to all but a handful.Ice skating has long been a staple of ABC's sports programming.Tortillas are a staple of Mexican cooking.○ noun 1 T D a small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them together 2 T a small U-shaped piece of metal with pointed ends, used to hold something in place 3 DF a food that is needed and used all the time staples like flour and rice 4 BBT PE the main product that is produced in a country Bananas and sugar are the staples of Jamaica.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Technology, Daily life, Food, Trade, Economics staple sta‧ple 1 / ˈsteɪp əl /