stable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Firmly fixed and not likely to move, change, or fail.

   Make sure the ladder is stable before you climb it.

2. 2
   noun

   A building where horses are kept and fed.

   The horses were led back into the stable for the night.

3. 3
   verb

   To keep a horse in a stable.

   They stable their ponies during the winter.

From Middle English stable, from Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”) (itself from stare (“stand”) + -abilis (“able”)). Displaced native Old English staþolfæst.

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