stable

IPA: stˈeɪbʌɫ

noun

  • A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
  • (metonymically) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
  • (Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
  • (sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
  • (professional wrestling) 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.

verb

  • (transitive) To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.
  • (intransitive) To dwell in a stable.
  • (rail transport, transitive) To park (a rail vehicle).

adjective

  • Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
  • (computing) Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
  • (computer science, of a sorting algorithm) That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
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