stable² /stāˈb(ə)l/

1. A building for horses, or sometimes other animals
2. A set of horses kept together
3. A horse-keeping establishment, organization or staff (as a horse-keeping establishment often pl in form but treated as sing)
4. A number of skilled trained (esp young) people who work together under one head or one manager
5. A group of commercial (esp publishing) enterprises under the same ownership or management
6. An establishment in which a group of Japanese sumo wrestlers live and receive training
7. (in pl) a cavalry soldier's duty in the stable, or the call summoning to it

To put or keep in a stable

To live in a stable, or as if in a stable

staˈbler noun (Scot or archaic)

A stable-keeper, an inn-keeper

staˈbling noun

1. The act of putting into a stable
2. Accommodation for horses, cattle, cycles, etc

staˈbleboy or staˈbleman noun

Someone who works at a stable

stable companion noun (informal)

Someone who lodges in the same place or is a member of the same club, etc

stable door noun

A door with upper and lower halves able to be closed independently

stable fly noun

A two-winged, bloodsucking fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, a common pest of humans and domestic animals

stable lad or stable lass noun

Someone whose job is to look after the horses at a racing-stable

stableman see stableboy above.

staˈblemate noun

1. A horse from the same stable as another
2. Anything manufactured, originated, produced, etc in the same place as another (eg different models of the same car), or a person from the same club, etc as another (figurative)

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