Definition: 1. A farm building for housing horses or other livestock. 2. Shelter in a stable. 3. Resistant to change of position or condition. 4. Firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation. 5. Not taking part readily in chemical change. 6. Maintaining equilibrium. 7. Showing little if any change.
Use 'stable' in a sentence:
1. The fields give high and stable yields regardless of climatic circumstances.
2. The price of oil should remain stable for the rest of 1992.
3. The animals had been fed and stabled.
4. Mentally, she is not very stable.
5. It's stayed quite stable.
6. The stables have been imaginatively converted into offices.
7. They found Trish sitting on the cobbles of the stable yard.
8. That theory held true only if the demand for money was stable.
9. One study showed that friendships among ninth graders were far from stable.
10. In general, the expert's gaze was calmer and more stable.
11. It showed stable, wholesome American traditions.
12. Doctors said his condition was serious but stable.
13. The stable situation in our country today was hard-won.
14. He has the best stable by far.
15. Commodity prices remain stable and there are plenty of goods on the market.
16. Their characters are fully formed and they are both very stable children.
17. Prices are stable and the market is brisk.
18. After that, the door of the stable was closed and he was left alone.
19. As he neared the stable, he slowed the horse and patted it on the neck.
20. At one time, ecologists believed that species diversity made ecosystems stable.
21. The ice sheet was assumed to have been stable.
22. They believed that the greater the diversity the more stable the ecosystem.
23. You should allow your stabled horse a couple of hours' freedom per day.
24. He was suffering from exposure and shock but his condition was said to be stable.
25. She's been on at me for weeks to show her round the stables.
26. Thou shalt stay in thy stable and be well taken care of.
27. He went to the small stable where his horse was, harnessed it, mounted, and rode out to the beach.
28. The stable situation of our country today was hard won.
29. As we came out of the stables, a rider came towards us.
30. The patient's blood pressure is stable.
31. Not surprisingly, Japanese newspapers are much more stable.
32. People from broken homes often lack stable lives.
33. Prices remain stable throughout.
34. Once relationship is established then the things become stable.
35. She led the horse back into the stable.
36. The less stable compounds were converted into a compound called Delta-A THC.
37. As chief executive, he assembled a polished stable of celebrities.
38. You want a husband who is solid and stable, someone who will devote himself to you.
39. The injured man was in a stable condition.
40. His visit will disturb the children's stable life.
41. The patient's condition is stable.
42. This ladder doesn't seem very stable.
43. There have been just three winners from his stable this season.
44. Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey's stable.
45. This structure must be stable.
46. She came from a stable, comfortable, middle-class family.
47. The supply is ample and prices are stable.
48. A united Germany must be firmly anchored in NATO if Europe is to remain stable.
