Definition of STABLE

stable

Plural: stables

Noun

  • a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
  • A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
  • All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
  • A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
  • An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
  • A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.
  • A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
  • A group of people who are looked after, mentored, 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: stabled, stabling, stables

  • To house or keep an animal in a stable.
  • shelter in a stable
    • "stable horses"
  • To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.
  • To dwell in a stable.
  • To park (a rail vehicle).

Adjective

  • Not likely to change or overturn; firm and steady.
  • resistant to change of position or condition
    • "a stable ladder"
    • "a stable peace"
    • "a stable relationship"
    • "stable prices"

Adjective Satellite

  • firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation
    • "the economy is stable"
  • not taking part readily in chemical change
  • maintaining equilibrium
  • showing little if any change

Adj

  • Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
  • Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
  • That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
  • Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.

Examples

  • a stable government
  • He was in a stable relationship.
  • He wished he could STABLE his bad tiles somewhere else, but his rack was full.
  • His lead in the Scrabble game remained STABLE, despite his opponent’s best efforts.
  • There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable, singular derived from the plural Latin stab(u)la (“dwellings, stables”).

Scrabble Score: 8

stable: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
stable: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stable: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

stable: valid Words With Friends Word