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stable vices

stable vices is the plural of stable vice.

Meaning of stable vice

Noun

stable vice (plural stable vices)

  1. An undesirable habit or stereotypy in a horse or other equine, often the result of confinement in a stable with insufficient exercise, companionship, etc.
    • The stable vices of horses include cribbing and windsucking.

Questions about stable vices

What is stable vices the plural of?
Stable vices is the plural of stable vice.

Words near stable vices in the dictionary

  1. stable marriage problem
  2. stable marriage problems
  3. stable matching problem
  4. stable matching problems
  5. stable vice
  6. stable vices
  7. stable-boy
  8. stable-boys
  9. stable-stand
  10. stableboy
  11. stableboys

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