Betekenis van staple In het Nederlands

• 0 a short, thin piece of wire used to fasten sheets of paper together. It has sharp ends that are pushed through the paper and then bent flat by a special device.

• 1 a main product or part of something:

  • Shortages mean that even staples (= basic foods) like bread are difficult to find.

  • Phosphate has been a staple of this area for many years.

  • Romantic fiction and reference books are a staple of many public libraries.

• 2 basic or main; standard or regular:

  • The staple diet here is mutton, fish and boiled potatoes.

  • Prices of staple foods such as wheat and vegetables have also been increasing.

  • Her latest film is the staple offering of action and comedy that we have come to expect.

• 3 to fasten something using staples:

  • Would you mind stapling the reports together?

• 4 a short, thin, U-shaped piece of wire with ends that bend to fasten sheets of paper together:

  • Put a staple in the upper left-hand corner.

• 5 a basic food, or a main product or material:

  • Because of the storm, most stores were low on staples such as bread and milk.

  • Scandals are a newspaper staple.

• 6 basic or main:

  • staple foods

• 7 to use a staple to fasten sheets of paper together:

  • Please staple the reports together.

• 8 a short thin piece of wire used to fasten pieces of paper together. It has sharp ends that are pushed through the paper and then bent flat by a special tool called a stapler.

• 9 the main product of a country, whose trade is important for the country's economy:

  • Sugar has been the staple of Cuba's economy for centuries.

• 10 a main or important product that people eat or use regularly:

  • food/household/supermarket staples The giant retailer reported strong sales of household staples like groceries.

• 11 a company or industry that manufactures and sells important products and services that people eat or use regularly:

  • So-called safe areas in the stock market continue to be consumer staples and drug companies.

  • Millions of people daily use internet staples such as Google and Amazon.

• 12 a main or important part of something:

  • Once a staple of men's business wardrobes, the suit is becoming more rare.

• 13 basic, main, or standard:

  • staple crop/food/product

• 14 to fasten pieces of paper together using staples:

  • staple sth to sth The list can then be stapled to each batch of invoices.

  • staple sth together She stapled the two documents together.