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   stable

   /ˈsteɪbl/

   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

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