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Meanings of staple in inglês

russo
скобы
português
agrafos
catalão
grapa
espanhol
grapa
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Connecting element for fixing flat items (paper, fabric, foil etc.) to each other or to another item.

agrafos
português
mecha

Textile fibers of similar short length which must be spun together to form yarn.

mecha
português
matéria-prima
catalão
primera matèria
espanhol
materia prima

Material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing.

matéria-prima
português
agrafar
catalão
grapar

Secure or fasten with a staple or staples.

agrafar
Usage of staple in inglês
1
In Brazil sugar was the great slave labor staple; in America, cotton.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
2
Today, fish and chips remain a staple in the modern English diet.
BBC
3
Wheat, the basic staple, is imported from countries including Russia and Ukraine.
The Guardian
4
The visual-computing market has long been the staple of Silicon Graphicss business.
Wired
5
Consider the Bathtub Fallacy, a staple of educated opinion for too long.
The Irish Times
6
Such alignments of interest are a staple of politics and of war.
The confusion
7
The staple had been pulled out and replaced loosely in the holes.
Tom Swift and His Air Scout; Or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky
8
The Thai benchmark rose marginally, buoyed by energy and consumer staple stocks.
Reuters
9
Chinatrust was also in talks to provide a staple financing, sources said.
Reuters
10
One of the staple productions of the Upper Amazon is the guarana.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
11
Already he had set the ax-blade between the padlock and the staple.
Darkness and Dawn
12
Since then, televised debates have become a staple of the political landscape.
Wired
13
Markov networks are a staple in many areas, such as computer vision.
The Master Algorithm
14
Congestion, pollution and lengthening journey times are now staple topics of conversation.
The Irish Times
15
Wheat is the staple food over the greater part of the country.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
16
Hops are a large staple product in many counties of the state.
A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washing...
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