Staple

Definition

staple 1 /'steÇpl / n ၁။ ခ်ဳပ္စက္အပ္။ ၂။ ေမွ်ာ့ကုပ္။ v ခ်ဳပ္စက္ျဖင့္ ခ်ဳပ္သည္၊ တြဲသည္။ staple papers together ❍ She stapled his photo onto the membership card. ❏ stapler /'steÇplǝ(r) / n ခ်ဳပ္စက္။ staple 2 /'steÇpl / adj ပင္မ။ အဓိက။ ပင္တိုင္။ the staple products/industries of a country ❍ Rice is the staple diet in many Asian countries. ❍ ( fig ) a staple diet of comedy. n (often pl ) ၁။ အဓိကထုတ္ကုန္။ Cotton is one of Egypt's staples. ၂။ အဓိကစားကုန္၊ အေျခခံစားကုန္ (သို႔) ပင္တိုင္ အခန္းက႑။ Bread, potatoes and other staples continue to rise in price. ❍ Show- business history is a staple of Radio 2.

Examples

1. The shops are running out of staples such as rice and cooking oil.
2. [staple of] : The black dress was an enduring staple of Diana’s wardrobe.