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Staple food — Grains Various types of … Wikipedia
staple — 01. Please [staple] your test sheet to your essay paper before handing it in. 02. I cut my finger on a [staple] during the test, and got blood all over the paper. 03. Rice is the most important [staple] in the diet of many Asian countries. 04.… … Grammatical examples in English
staple — ▪ I. staple sta‧ple 1 [ˈsteɪpl] noun [countable] 1. OFFICE a small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them together 2. a food that is needed and used all the time: • staples like flour and rice … Financial and business terms
Food — For other uses, see Food (disambiguation). Part of a series on … Wikipedia
Food fortification — or enrichment is the process of adding micronutrients (essential trace elements and vitamins) to food. It can be purely a commercial choice to provide extra nutrients in a food, or sometimes it is a public health policy which aims to reduce… … Wikipedia
crop — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 plants grown for food ADJECTIVE ▪ agricultural ▪ cash, commercial, export ▪ Most farmers now produce cash crops such as coffee and tobacco for the export market. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
food — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious, excellent, good, great, superb, tasty, wonderful ▪ favourite/favorite ▪ decent … Collocations dictionary
staple — adj. Staple is used with these nouns: ↑crop, ↑diet, ↑fare, ↑food, ↑gun … Collocations dictionary
staple — sta·ple || steɪpl n. metal clip for binding papers; basic food item; essential element; main crop or product of a region; trade item that is constantly in demand; fiber (of wool, cotton, etc.) v. bind together by means of a staple or staples… … English contemporary dictionary
Agriculture and Food Supplies — ▪ 2007 Introduction Bird flu reached Europe and Africa, and concerns over BSE continued to disrupt trade in beef. An international vault for seeds was under construction on an Arctic island. Stocks of important food fish species were reported… … Universalium
