stable

  1. Noun.  A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
  2. Noun.  (metonymy) all the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) to put or keep (horse) in a stable.
  4. Verb.  (rail transport, transitive) to park (a rail vehicle).
  5. Adjective.  Relatively unchanging, permanent; firmly fixed or established, consistent, not easily to be moved, changed, unbalanced, destroyed or altered in value.

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