Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
- (konetekniikka)clasp
- (konetekniikka)clip
- (konetekniikka)fastener
- (taloustiede)staple product
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (now historical) A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
- Any of several types of fastener comprising a bent piece of wire.
- (by extension) Place of supply; source.
- A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
- A wire fastener, in any of various sizes, used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
- The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
- A basic or essential supply.
- A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
- A recurring topic or character.
- One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
- Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
- (mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
- Unmanufactured material; raw material.
- A small pit.
- a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining, gathering, or binding materials together.
- A district granted to an abbey.
- (obsolete) A post; prop; support
Verbi
Adjektiivi
- Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
- Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
- Fit to be sold; marketable.
- Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
Esimerkit
- The customs of Alexandria were very great, it having been the staple of the Indian trade.
- For the increase of trade and the encouragement of the worthy burgesses of Woodstock, her majesty was minded to erect the town into a staple for wool.
- Calais was one of the ‘principal treasures’ of the crown, of both strategic and economic importance. It was home to the staple, the crown-controlled marketplace for England's lucrative textile trade, whose substantial customs and tax revenues flooded into Henry's coffers.
- Whitehall naturally became the chief staple of news. Whenever there was a rumour that any thing important had happened or was about to happen, people hastened thither to obtain intelligence from the fountain head.
- We should now say, Cotton is the great staple, that is, the established merchandize, of Manchester.
- The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.
- Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures.
- In most countries, rubbish makes headlines only when it is not collected, and stinking sacks lie heaped on the streets. In Britain bins are a front-page staple.
- Tow is flax with short staple.
- to staple cotton
- a staple town
- a staple trade
- wool, the great staple commodity of England
- Can you believe they use staples to hold cars together these days?
- The rancher used staples to attach the barbed wire to the fence-posts.
- Fortunately, there were staples in the quay wall, and she was able to climb out of the water.
- Oxfam report warns cost of staples could soar as result of climate change, rising energy prices and growing demand. (Al Jazeera)
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | stapled |
| Imperfekti | stapled |
| Partisiipin preesens | stapling |
| Monikko | staples |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | staples |