Preposition: of

• cuisine: However, it's the piquant local dishes as much as the imported staples of French cuisine that make dining such a treat.

• diet: Karen's research is concentrated on the chick pea plant, which is a staple of the Indian diet.

• genre: Fantasy adventure in a tropical climate with its roots far from the northern European staples of the genre.

• cinema: The plot has plenty of modern resonances: the relationship between a couple mismatched by class is a staple of cinema ( e.g.

Converse of object

• become: Emails have already become a staple of court cases.

• remove: I think he's also trying to... ( IRIS FINSTER continues to remove staples.

• remain: His best known work in English - The Poetics of Space - remains a staple on architecture courses everywhere today.

Adjective modifier

• dietary: Maize ( or corn ) is also an important dietary staple in much of the third world.

• usual: Also ceilidhs, barn dances and all the usual other folk staples.

• traditional: Rice is the staple on most of the islands although other traditional staples include corn, sago, cassava and sweet potatoes.

• basic: We are planning on having basic staples for sale on-site this year.

• classic: Citrus was the classic staple of the country's modern agriculture.

Modifies a noun

• diet: Pasta is part of the staple diet in Southern Italy.

• crop: Free trade in a staple crop looks rational from an economic point of view.

• remover: Placing well-spaced staples at an angle, the staple remover can be inserted without damaging the show wood.

• foodstuff: The price of corn - a staple foodstuff - rose by 250 % during the same time.

• food: The staple food, maize meal, cannot be found.

• gun: A staple gun is still a staple gun, with or without a supply of staples.

Noun used with modifier

• wardrobe: They have been a wardrobe staple for centuries, and a wedding attire tradition.

• iron: The iron staples which held the collar or gorget were visible not many years ago.