Definition of staple

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Staple (n.) The principal constituent in anything; chief item.

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Tarpum :: Tarpum (n.) A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish..
Staple :: Staple (a.) Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town..
Plantain :: Plantain (n.) The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked..
Carding :: Carding (a.) The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t..
Staple :: Staple (n.) The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple..
Staple :: Staple (n.) A small pit.
Gossypium :: Gossypium (n.) A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these..
Stapled :: Staple (a.) Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
Stapling :: stapled (imp. & p. p.) of Stapl.
Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door..
Staple :: Staple (n.) Unmanufactured material; raw material.
Staple :: Staple (a.) Fit to be sold; marketable.
Staple :: Staple (n.) The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States..
Staple :: Staple (n.) Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
Staple :: Staple (a.) Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade..
Staple :: Staple (n.) The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
Stapler :: Staple (v. t.) To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton..
Staple :: Staple (n.) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels..
Staple :: Staple (n.) A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like..
Star :: Stapler (n.) One employed to assort wool according to its staple.
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