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   sta·ble

   /ˈstāb(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a building set apart and adapted for keeping horses: "the horse was led from its stable"
   • ▪ an establishment where racehorses are kept and trained: "racing stables"
   • ▪ the racehorses of a particular training establishment.
   • ▪ an organization or establishment training or producing a particular type of person or product: "the player comes from the same stable as Agassi"

   verb

   • 1. put or keep (a horse) in a stable: "they must be stabled and fed"
   • ▪ put or base (a locomotive or train) in a depot: "one of the two locomotives was stabled at Fort William"

   Word Origin Middle English: shortening of Old French estable ‘stable, pigsty’, from Latin stabulum, from the base of stare ‘to stand’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stableful noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   Not susceptible to a process of decay, such as radioactivity. For example, the most common isotope of carbon, carbon 12, is stable. Protons and photons are examples of stable subatomic particles.

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   When something is stable, it's fixed and steady. If you needed advice, you'd probably go to your most stable friend, the one least likely to act crazy or be easily upset. Whether you're talking about an object or a person, the adjective stable implies reliability and strength. You can describe a government as stable, or a relationship, or a desk.

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