staple of a diet

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• staple — 01. Please [staple] your test sheet to your essay paper before handing it in. 02. I cut my finger on a [staple] during the test, and got blood all over the paper. 03. Rice is the most important [staple] in the diet of many Asian countries. 04.… …   Grammatical examples in English

• staple — [[t]ste͟ɪp(ə)l[/t]] staples, stapling, stapled 1) ADJ: ADJ n A staple food, product, or activity is one that is basic and important in people s everyday lives. Rice is the staple food of more than half the world s population... The Chinese also… …   English dictionary

• staple — 1. noun /ˈsteɪ.pl/ a) A basic or essential supply. Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures. b) A recurring topic or character. In most countries, rubbish makes headlines only when it is not collected, and stinking sacks lie heaped on the… …   Wiktionary

• staple diet — noun singular 1. ) the things that someone uses or receives most regularly: the television viewer s staple diet of soaps and talk shows 2. ) the main food or foods that a person or animal eats regularly: the ermine s staple diet of rats and mice… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Staple — may mean:*Staple (fastener), a formed metal fastener used to secure sheets of material or wires, so they will not fall apart of each other. *Staple food, a foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet. It is a standard commodity rather… …   Wikipedia

• staple n — staple diet …   English expressions

• Staple food — Grains Various types of …   Wikipedia

• staple — sta|ple1 [ˈsteıpəl] n [Sense: 1 2; Origin: Old English stapol post ] [Sense: 3 4; Date: 1300 1400; Origin: . Middle Dutch stapel place of trade ] 1.) a small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• staple — 1 noun (C) 1 a small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them together 2 a small U shaped piece of metal with pointed ends, used to hold something in place 3 a food that is needed and used all the time:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• diet — noun 1 food sb/sth usually eats ADJECTIVE ▪ good, healthful (AmE), healthy, nutritious, sensible ▪ balanced, varied, well balanced …   Collocations dictionary

• staple diet — UK / US noun [singular] 1) the main food or foods that a person or animal eats regularly the stoat s staple diet of rats and mice Italians eat a lot of pasta as part of their staple diet. 2) the things that someone uses or receives most regularly …   English dictionary