A natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn.
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Examples for "staple "
Examples for "staple "
1 In Brazil sugar was the great slave labor staple ; in America, cotton.
2 Today, fish and chips remain a staple in the modern English diet.
3 Wheat, the basic staple , is imported from countries including Russia and Ukraine.
4 The visual-computing market has long been the staple of Silicon Graphicss business.
5 Consider the Bathtub Fallacy, a staple of educated opinion for too long.
1 The Taililang division provides acrylic staple fibers , acrylic ester and carbon fibers.
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