- staple diet
- A goat that ate office supplies was on a staple diet.
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staple diet
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staple diet — noun singular 1. ) the things that someone uses or receives most regularly: the television viewer s staple diet of soaps and talk shows 2. ) the main food or foods that a person or animal eats regularly: the ermine s staple diet of rats and mice… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
staple diet — UK / US noun [singular] 1) the main food or foods that a person or animal eats regularly the stoat s staple diet of rats and mice Italians eat a lot of pasta as part of their staple diet. 2) the things that someone uses or receives most regularly … English dictionary
staple diet — basic diet (foods which provide the elementary nutritional requirements to assure normal development. Compare balanced diet) … Dictionary of ichthyology
staple diet — /steɪpəl ˈdaɪət/ (say staypuhl duyuht) noun those foods which are the major constituents of the diet of a community …
ˌstaple ˈdiet — noun [singular] the main food or foods that a person or animal eats regularly … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
staple diet — … Useful english dictionary
staple n — staple diet … English expressions
staple — sta|ple1 [ˈsteıpəl] n [Sense: 1 2; Origin: Old English stapol post ] [Sense: 3 4; Date: 1300 1400; Origin: . Middle Dutch stapel place of trade ] 1.) a small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them… … Dictionary of contemporary English
staple — 1 noun (C) 1 a small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them together 2 a small U shaped piece of metal with pointed ends, used to hold something in place 3 a food that is needed and used all the time:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
diet — noun 1 food sb/sth usually eats ADJECTIVE ▪ good, healthful (AmE), healthy, nutritious, sensible ▪ balanced, varied, well balanced … Collocations dictionary
