Meaning & use

staple

noun·Academic

A basic, essential item that is used or needed regularly, especially a food.

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Rice is a dietary staple for more than half of the world's population.

Comfortable sneakers have become a staple of everyday casual fashion.

A note on using this word

Often used with 'diet', 'wardrobe', or 'menu' to name something relied on repeatedly.

Words with a similar meaning

mainstayessential

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Another way to use it

2. noun

A small piece of bent wire used to fasten sheets of paper together.

The staple in the corner held all twenty pages of the report.

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