unmanufactured material
1Staple — Sta ple (st[=a] p l), n. [AS. stapul, stapol, stapel, a step, a prop, post, table, fr. stapan to step, go, raise; akin to D. stapel a pile, stocks, emporium, G. stapela heap, mart, stake, staffel step of a ladder, Sw. stapel, Dan. stabel, and E.… …
2staple — I. n. 1. Chief commodity (of a country or a district), principal production. 2. Fibre (of cotton, wool, etc.), pile, filament, thread. 3. Raw material, unmanufactured material. 4. Bulk, mass, body, substance, principal part, greater part, chief… …
3Barbershop music — Barbershop vocal harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era (1940s present), is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal music characterized by consonant four part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic… …
