stable

Noun

1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
2. (metonymically) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
3. (Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
4. An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
5. A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.
6. (slang) A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
7. A group of people who are looked after, mentored, or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.
8. A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array.

Verb

1. (transitive) To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.
2. (intransitive) To dwell in a stable.
3. (transitive) To park (a rail vehicle).

Adj

1. Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
2. Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
3. That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
4. Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsteɪbl̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stable

In summary

From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable, from Latin stab(u)lum.

Synonyms

firm

steady

stall

constant

solid

barn

strong

pen

🖊️

permanent

fixed

steadfast

secure

stationary

static

hard

sound

🔉

unchanging

reliable

corral

balanced

horse barn

calm

immovable

durable

safe

stabile

stalls

settled

stabling

smooth

cattle-shed

shed

rigid

stanch

unshakable

sty

sure

cage

even

equable

staunch

staid

inflexible

inelastic

consistent

stability

immoveable

certain

outhouse

patient

Translations

stable

Stall

stalla

étable

stabil

establo

estable

écurie

stabile

estable

estábulo

stal

cuadra

Pferdestall

stajnia

Sentences

Pitch the straw through the door of the stable .

He decided to return to his friend's stable by the longest route possible .

It's no use closing the stable door , after the horse has bolted .