stable
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[edit] Etymology 1
Middle English from Old French estable from Latin stabulum (“stall, stand”)
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Middle English from Anglo-Norman; Old French estable from Latin stabilis (itself from stare (“stand”) + -abilis (“able”))
[edit] Noun
stable (plural stables)
- A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses
- (metonymy) all the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
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building for animals with hoofs
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building for horses
stable for oxen
[edit] Verb
stable (third-person singular simple present stables, present participle stabling, simple past and past participle stabled)
- (transitive) to put or keep (horse) in a stable.
- (rail transport, transitive) to park (a rail vehicle)
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- (rail transport): outstable
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put or keep in a stable
[edit] Etymology 2
From Latin stabilis (itself from stare (“stand”) + -abilis (“able”))
[edit] Adjective
stable (comparative stabler or more stable, superlative stablest or most stable)
- Relatively unchanging, permanent; firmly fixed or established, consistent, not easily to be moved, changed, unbalanced, destroyed or altered in value.
- He was in a stable relationship.
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relatively unchanging
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[edit] Adjective
stable (epicene, plural stables)
- stable (all senses)
