noun
- A farm building for housing horses or other livestock.
- synonyms: stalls, horse barn
verb
- Shelter in a stable.
- usage: "stable horses"
adjective
- Resistant to change of position or condition.
- usage: "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices"
- Firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation.
- usage: "the economy is stable"
- Not taking part readily in chemical change.
- Maintaining equilibrium.
- Showing little if any change.
- usage: "a static population"
- synonyms: static, unchanging
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