staple

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for staple

staple 🔊 /stejˈpʌl/

staple : ප්‍රධාන

staple : ස්ටේපලය

staple : ප්ර්රධාන වැවිල්ල

staple : ප්ර්රධාන වෙළඳාම

staple : මූලික

staple : කම්බි ඇණය

staple : ප්‍රධාන දේ

staple : කොකු ඇණය

staple : අමුද්‍රව්‍ය

staple definition

Noun.

  1. A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic.
  2. Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
  3. The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States.
  4. The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
  5. Unmanufactured material; raw material.
  6. The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.
  7. A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like.
  8. A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
  9. A small pit.
  10. A district granted to an abbey.

Adjective.

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

Transitive verb. To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.