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staple diet
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staple diet
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staple diet
noun
staple diet
noun
Learner's definition of STAPLE DIET
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singular
]
:
the food or foods that a person or animal eats most often
Environmental changes are depriving the birds of the insects that form their
staple diet
.
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often used figuratively
I grew up on a
staple diet
of cartoons and comic books.
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