stableadjective
uk/ˈsteɪ.bəl/us/ˈsteɪ.bəl/C1 firmly fixed or not likely to move or change:
C1 A stable person is mentally healthy:
specialized chemistry A stable substance keeps the same chemical or atomic state.
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- The economy is fairly stable.
- House prices have been reasonably stable these past few years.
- Most children need the security of a stable family life.
- He's been taken to hospital where his condition is described as serious but stable.
- I'm just happy to see him in a stable relationship.
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Keeping and staying the same
- consistency
- consistent
- continuum
- control
- fastness
- firm
- flat
- invariant
- leave
- leave well alone idiom
- level
- level off
- remain
- seamless
- settle
- steadfastly
- steady
- unchanged
- undisturbed
- wallow in sth
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stablenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsteɪ.bəl/us/ˈsteɪ.bəl/C2 a building in which horses are kept
a group of racehorses that are owned or trained by one person
a group of people who perform a similar activity and who are trained by the same person or employed by the same organization:
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Animal Dwellings - man-made
- apiary
- aquarium
- aviary
- birdcage
- birdhouse
- cage
- doghouse
- dovecote
- fish tank
- fishbowl
- goldfish bowl
- hive
- nesting box
- pigeon loft
- pigpen
- pigsty
- sanctuary
- stabling
- stall
- sty
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stableverb [ T ]
uk/ˈsteɪ.bəl/us/ˈsteɪ.bəl/to keep a horse in a stable
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Animal farming - general words
- abattoir
- animal husbandry
- aquaculture
- battery
- bedding
- beekeeper
- bluetongue
- draught
- heeler
- herd
- honeycomb
- lambing season
- milk
- nectar
- pen
- raise
- rear
- shepherd
- slaughterhouse
- wean
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