long-staple

1. 1.

   having relatively long fibers

   “long-staple cotton”

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Questions about long-staple

What does long-staple mean?

long-staple means "having relatively long fibers".

How many syllables are in long-staple?

long-staple has 3 syllables and divides as long--sta-ple under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is long-staple a common word?

long-staple is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.