stable

Syllables: sta·ble/ˈsteɪ.bəl/

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Australia/ˈstæɪ.bəl/

stable noun: a building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.

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Noun

stable (plural stables)

A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
- There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.
- We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes...1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
Synonyms:

horsebarn
(metonymically) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
(Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

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heya
A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.
- Paul, who signed with WWE in late June, appeared in a segment with Reigns' stable, the Bloodline, on Friday's episode of SmackDown after making comments earlier in the week regarding a potential match with the Tribal Chief.2022 September 17, Thomas Kika, “WWE's Logan Paul Confronts Roman Reigns Amid Rumors of Major Title Bout”, in Newsweek
(slang) A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
- My pimp vision enabled me to see that no hoe in my stable would be more worthy of the game than my young turnout red-bones.2013, Noble Dee, Pimp: Reflection of My Life, page 167
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string
A group of people who are looked after, mentored, considered or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.
A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array.
- This Article argues that to date, the Supreme Court has drawn from a narrow stable of arguments to create a fairly standard, yet coarse, analysis to consider when to apply proximate cause to statutes.2013, Sandra F. Sperino, “Statutory Proximate Cause”, in Notre Dame Law Review, volume 88, number 3, page 1207
- Built into the popular conception of the genius mythos in the sciences is something more than mere intelligence; the solitary free-thinking scientist is also expected to showcase a proclivity for eccentricity, rule breaking, and unconventional thinking and behavior. But when it comes to the abuse...2019 January, Leila McNeill, “Surely You’re a Creep, Mr. Feynman”, in The Baffler, number 43

Verb

stable (third-person singular simple present stables, present participle stabling, simple past and past participle stabled)

(transitive) To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.
- It is not difficult for the wealthy brewer or pluralist publican, while he takes his ease in his comfortable dwelling on the Lord’s Day, or rolls in his chariot to the house of prayer, to denounce the agitation in favour of Sunday-closing, while his weary barmen and barmaidens “work from early morn...1883 September 25, R. H. Lundie, “Licensed Victuallers and Sunday-Closing”, in Liverpool Daily Post, number 8807, published 26 September 1883, page 5, column 7
- "I hope your have been quite comfortable." ¶ "Never better stabled in my life," said Bree.1954, C. S. Lewis, chapter 7, in The Horse and His Boy, Collins, published 1998
(intransitive) To dwell in a stable.
(transitive) To park (a rail vehicle).
- S.R. Pacific No. 34010 Sidmouth leaves Wembley Central to stable the stock of its excursion from the S.R. at North Wembley; the train was run in connection with a Wembley football event on April 30, 1960.1960 July, Trains Illustrated, page 385, photo caption
- Great Western Railway has placed its Class 143 Pacer fleet into warm storage, with the majority stabled at Exeter.2020 April 22, “Fleet News: Passenger operators put parts of fleet into warm storage...”, in Rail, page 25

Adjective

stable (comparative stabler or more stable, superlative stablest or most stable)

Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
- He was in a stable relationship.
- His income of £10000 per month was stable for a healthy living.
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fixed
Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
- You should download the 1.9 version of that video editing software: it is the latest stable version. The newer beta version has some bugs.
That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
(commutative algebra) Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.

stable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

stable in Hindi

building for managing ungulates, normally horses: गोष्ठ goṣṭh, अश्वालय aśvālay
building for horses: तबेला tabelā, घुड़साल ghuṛsāl, अस्तबल astabal, अश्वशाला aśvaśālā
stable for oxen, cows, cattle: गोष्ठ goṣṭh, गौशाला gauśālā
relatively unchanging: स्थिर sthir, निश्चल niścal

stable in Tamil

தொழுவம், நிலையான

stable in Marathi

building for horses: तबेला tabelā, अश्वशाला aśvaśālā

stable in Urdu

stable, mew, stall: اصطبل astabal
stable: آخور āxor, مضبوط mazbūt, ثابت sābit
stable, firm; strong: سنگ بستہ saṅg basta

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stable in Bengali: আস্তাবল astabol, থিতানো thitanō, অক্ষর okkhor
stable in Telugu: కొట్టము koṭṭamu, అశ్వశాల aśvaśāla, స్థిర sthira, స్థిరమైన sthiramaina
stable in Malayalam: താരതമേന സ്ഥിരമായിനിൽക്കുന്ന, മാറ്റാൻ എളുപ്പമുള്ളതല്ലാത്ത
stable in Kannada: ಅಶ್ವಶಾಲೆ aśvaśāle
stable in Punjabi: ਬਰਕਰਾਰ barkarār
stable in Gujarati: અસ્તબલ astabal, તબેલો tabelo, અશ્વશાળા aśvaśāḷā
stable in Odia: ସ୍ଥିର
stable in Sanskrit: पस्त्य pastya, गोत्र gotra, गोष्ठ goṣṭha
stable in Nepali: दिघो digho
stable in Tagalog: kuwadra
stable in Arabic: حَظِيرَة ḥaẓīra, اِسْطَبْل isṭabl, زَرِيبَة zarība, إِسْطَبْل ʔisṭabl
stable in Malay: kandang, kandang kuda
stable in Indonesian: kandang, istal, stabil
stable in Persian: اصطبل establ, آخور axor
stable in Vietnamese: chuồng, chuồng ngựa

Examples of stable in a sentence

He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...
But when it comes to the abuse of scientific power for sexual predation, this stable of behaviors represents a slippery slope.2019 January, Leila McNeill, “Surely You’re a Creep, Mr. Feynman”, in The Baffler, number 43:
In this region of chance, […] where nothing ws stable.a. 1729, John Rogers, The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation:
And to whoever that cry hath ever come he must needs follow and follow, leaving all stable things; only to be always with Slid in all the moods of Slid, to find no rest until he reaches the sea.1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 16:

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Forms of stable

Noun
plural	stables
alternative UK	stables
Verb
third-person singular present	stables
present participle	stabling
past participle	stabled
past	stabled
Adjective
comparative	stabler
comparative	more stable
superlative	stablest
superlative	most stable

Plural of stable: stables

Origin of stable

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

From Middle English stable, from Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”) (itself from stare (“stand”) + -abilis (“able”)). Displaced native Old English staþolfæst.

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Questions about stable

What does stable mean?: Stable means a building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
What is stable in Hindi?: Stable in Hindi is गोष्ठ (goṣṭh), अश्वालय (aśvālay), तबेला (tabelā). See Stable meaning in Hindi.
How do you use stable in a sentence?: He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.
What part of speech is stable?: Stable can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce stable?: Stable is pronounced /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of stable?: The plural of stable is stables.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stable (page history and authors); stable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آخور (Urdu) (page history and authors); অক্ষর (Bengali) (page history and authors); stable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਬਰਕਰਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); stable (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); दिघो (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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