staple diet

noun

: 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.

—often used figuratively

I grew up on a staple diet of cartoons and comic books.

Examples of staple diet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This material comes from a large freshwater fish native to the Amazon River that is part of the staple diet of local populations, who previously discarded the skins. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 May 2026

Standing by the bar at The Orchard Inn, Struber is talking about cider — a drink that is a staple diet of West Country life and deeply embedded in the fan culture at Bristol City, too. — Stuart James, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026

Writer Gustavo Arellano has written about how the staple diet of beans led to a slur against Mexicans. — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 11 Sep. 2024

Rhymes for staple diet

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