Staple food:

1. (n) main food

2. staple food

3. staff of life

4. principal food

5. primary eclipse

Examples:

The prices of bread, potatoes and other staple foods continue to rise.

Bread, potatoes and other staples continue to rise in price.

The ethnic minorities in the primeval forest used to use wild animals as their staple food.

The minority in the primitive forest used to live on a diet of wild animals.

The Irish used potatoes as their staple food.

The Irish used to live on a diet of potatoes.

Rice is the staple food in many Asian countries.

Rice has become one of their staple foods.

Rice has largely entered into their diet.

Frugarian A person whose staple diet consists only of fruits, nuts and dried fruits without vegetables, grains or animal products

One whose diet includes fruits, seeds, and nuts but no vegetables, grains, or animal products.

The prices of bread, potatoes and other staple foods continue to rise.

Bread, potato and other staple continue to rise in price.

Mosquitofish is an oviparous fish of the genus Mosquitofish that mainly eats mosquito larvae. It is often used to control the growth of mosquitoes.

Any of various small livebearers of the genus Gambusia that feed on mosquito larvae and are often used in mosquito control.

Bread flour or grits mixed with other solid and liquid ingredients A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.

Non-staple food:

1. non-staple food

2. supplementary food