stable
A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding…A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
» Prices have been stable for the past three years.
Последние три года цены были стабильными.
Ціни були стабільними протягом останніх трьох років.
Meaning
8 sensesA 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.
Stall, Pferdestall, Stall
коню́шняkonjúšnja, хлевxlev, сто́йлоstójlo
ста́йняstájnja, кінни́цяkinnýcja, коню́шняkonjúšnja
(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.
A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.
(slang)A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
A group of people who are looked after, mentored, considered or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.
Ochsenstall, Kuhstall
A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array.
- a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
Examples
204 sentencesPrices have been stable for the past three years.
Ціни були стабільними протягом останніх трьох років.
ruПоследние три года цены были стабильными.
It's too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Після бійки кулаками не махають.
ruПосле драки кулаками не машут.
Tom is stable.
Том стабільний.
Tom is in a stable condition.
ruТом находится в стабильном состоянии.
Tom is now in stable condition.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable, from Latin stab(uInherited from Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable, from Latin stab(u)lum.
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Forms
plural: stablesSynonyms
5 synonyms- a farm building for housing horses or other livestock:stallshorse barn