- staple - necessary foods or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop"
Antonyms: inessential, unessential (indirect, via essential)
- basic, staple - (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
--1 is a kind of commodity, trade goods, goods
- raw material, staple - material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
--2 is a kind of material, stuff
- staple - a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
--3 is a kind of nail
- staple - paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together
--4 is a kind of paper fastener
Derived form: verb staple1 - staple - paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together