staple

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. 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.
2. Place of supply; source.
3. The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
4. A basic or essential supply.
5. A recurring topic or character.
6. Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
7. Unmanufactured material; raw material.

Verb

To sort according to its staple.

Adj

1. Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
2. Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
3. Fit to be sold; marketable.
4. Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.

Verb

To secure with a staple.

Conceptos

grapa

laña

corchete

alimento básico

materia prima

algodón

lana

vellón

fibra

hebra

principal

alfiler

broche

clavillo

gancho

ojal

prendedor

puntada

básico

alimento de primera necesidad

esencialidad

producto principal

engrapar

grapar

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈsteɪ.pəl/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Doublet of étape and etymology 2.