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Staple

/ˈsteɪ.pəl/

A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.

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📖 Definitions of "Staple"

noun

1
A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
2
(by extension) Place of supply; source.
3
The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
4
A basic or essential supply.
"Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures."

verb

1
To sort according to its staple.
"to staple cotton"

adjective

1
Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
"a staple town"
2
Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
"a staple trade"
3
Fit to be sold; marketable.
4
Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.

🔄 Synonyms of "Staple"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
essentialnoun	Necessary.
basicnoun	Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
raw materialnoun	A material in its unprocessed, natural state considered usable for manufacture.

↔️ Antonyms of "Staple"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
unstapleverb	(transitive) to remove staples from.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Staple"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
raw materialnoun	A material in its unprocessed, natural state considered usable for manufacture.
basicnoun	A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
essentialnoun	A necessary ingredient.
commoditynoun	(business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
basenoun	Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
basisnoun	A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
fundamentalnoun	(generic, singular) A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.
baselinenoun	A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
principalnoun	(finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
primarynoun	(political science) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
mainnoun	(not in generic modern use) That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
everydaynoun	(rare) The ordinary or routine day or occasion.
dashed	(of a line) Made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
dotted	(of a line) Made up of a series of dots.
syntheticnoun	A synthetic compound.
discrete	Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.
majornoun	(education, Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
mainstaynoun	A chief support.
underlyingnoun	(finance) The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value.
clipnoun	Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.