English-Finnish translations for staple

• niitti
  Perinteisellä metodilla silmälasien muovikehyksissä sangat ja etukehykset on isketty kiinni niiteillä. Näistä niiteistä syntyvät nämä kaksi metallinväristä pistettä sankoihin ja etukehyksen reunoihin.
• nitoa
• askelma
• aspi
• määly
• nitomanasta
• peruselintarvike
  Esimerkiksi kassava on monille peruselintarvike, ei vähemmän käytetty ainesosa. For example, cassava is a staple food for many people, not a minor substance.
  Se oli aikaisemmin peruselintarvike ja sitä syötiin kalliimman lihan sijasta, mutta näinä päivinä turska on ylellinen kalalaji, jota on saatavissa vain korkeaan hintaan. While in the past it used to be part of people's staple diet, and cod was eaten as a replacement for more expensive meat, these days cod is a luxury fish species that is only available at high cost.
• perustarvike
• sinkilä

Definition of staple

• 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
• Place of supply; source
• The principal commodity produced in a town or region
• A basic or essential supply
• A recurring topic or character
• Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread
• Unmanufactured material; raw material
• To sort according to its staple
• 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
• A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around
• A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures
• One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder
• A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels
• A district granted to an abbey
• A post; prop; support
• To secure with a staple

Examples

• Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures.
• Tow is flax with short staple.
• to staple cotton
• a staple town
• a staple trade
• 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.

Related words

• stapler
• Barnstaple
• Stapleton
• Stapleford
• Staplehurst
• destapler
• Staplegrove
• staple length
• staple gun