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| sta·ble [ stáyb'l ] |
noun (plural sta·bles) |
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1. building for horses: a building in which horses, and sometimes other large types of livestock, are kept
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2. horses owned by somebody: the group of horses, especially racehorses, owned by one person or kept and trained at one establishment
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3. people working in stable: the people who work in a stable, especially a training establishment for racehorses
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4. group under management: a group of people managed by the same person or organization
  a stable of bestselling authors
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle sta·bled, present participle sta·bling, 3rd person present singular sta·bles) |
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put or live in stable: to keep or put a horse or other large animal in a particular building, or be kept in a particular building
We stabled our horses in the barn.
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| [13th century. Via Old French estable< Latin stabulum] |
