stable: meaning and definitions

Resistant to change of position or condition; not easily moved or disturbed: a house built on stable ground; a stable platform.

Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation: a stable economy; a stable currency.

Maintaining equilibrium; self-restoring: a stable aircraft.

Enduring or permanent: a stable peace.

Consistently dependable; steadfast of purpose.

Not subject to mental illness or irrationality: a stable personality.

Physics Having no known mode of decay; indefinitely long-lived. Used of atomic particles.

Chemistry Not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically.

A building for the shelter and feeding of domestic animals, especially horses and cattle.

A group of animals lodged in such a building.

All the racehorses belonging to a single owner or racing establishment. See Synonyms at flock1.

The personnel employed to keep and train such a group of racehorses.

A group, as of athletes or entertainers, under common management: a stable of prizefighters.

To put or keep in or as if in a stable.

To live in or as if in a stable.