1. Resistant to change of position or condition
   "a stable relationship"; "stable prices"; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"
    
2. Firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation
   "the economy is stable"
    
3. Not taking part readily in chemical change
   "The stable isotope was used as a tracer in the experiment"
    
4. Maintaining equilibrium
   "The stable economy weathered the global financial crisis"
    
5. Showing little if any change
   "a stable population";
   - static, unchanging, stationary

1. A farm building for housing horses or other livestock
   "The farmer led the horses back to their stable for the night";
   - stalls, horse barn

1. (animal husbandry) shelter in a stable
   "stable horses"

Derived forms: stablest, stabling, stables, stabler, stabled

See also: balanced, constant, durable, firm, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived, permanent, sound, stabile, stabilised [Brit], stabilized, steady, unchangeable, unfluctuating, unreactive

Type of: farm building, shelter

Antonym: unstable

Encyclopedia: Stable, Robert