n. A building or an inclosure in which horses, cattle, and other domestic animals are lodged, and which is furnished with stalls, troughs, racks, and bins to contain their food and necessary equipments; in a restricted sense, such a building for horses and cows only; in a still narrower and now the most usual sense, such a building for horses only.n. In racing slang, the horses belonging to a particular racing stable.To put or keep in a stable, as horses.To dwell or lodge in or as in a stable, as beasts.Firm; firmly fixed, settled, or established; that cannot be easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; steadfast: as, a stable structure; a stable government.Fixed; steady; constant; permanent.Fixed or firm in resolution or purpose; not wavering, fickle, or easily diverted: as, a man of stable character; also formerly, in a bad sense, obstinate; pertinacious.Synonyms andDurable, Permanent, etc. See lasting.To make stable; establish; ordain.To make steady, firm, or sure; support.To fix or hold fast, as in mire; mire; stall.To stand firm; be confirmed.In physical, being in equilibrium such that no displacement, distortion, or molecular or chemical change can be produced without the expenditure of work: said of a body which, when displaced, tends to return to its former position, or, when distorted, to its former shape, also of a substance which resists molecular or chemical change.