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stables

stables is the plural of stable.

stables is the alternative form of stable.

Meaning of stable

Noun

stable (plural stables)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    horsebarn
  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.
    Synonyms:
    heya
  5. 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
  6. (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
    Synonyms:
    string

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Words formed from stables

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Questions about stables

What is stables the plural of?
Stables is the plural of stable.

Words near stables in the dictionary

  1. stablemates
  2. stablemen
  3. stableness
  4. stabler
  5. stablers
  6. stables
  7. stablesful
  8. stablesome
  9. stablest
  10. stableward
  11. stablewards

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