stable

The word “stable” means a building where horses or other animals are kept and cared for. In plain terms, a building for horses, a group of people/animals under one management, or — as an adjective — steady and unlikely to change.

“Stable” is pronounced STAY-buhl (/ˈsteɪ.bəl/ in IPA).

Here is “stable” used in a sentence: “She mucked out the stable before feeding the horses.”

Words with a similar meaning to “stable” include unvarying.

The opposite of “stable” — its antonyms — are instable, mobile, unstable and varying.

Depending on how it is used, “stable” can be a noun and an adjective.

The word “stable” comes from Latin. From Latin stabulum, related to stare ("to stand"), via Old French stable.

“Stable” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

A stable is built specifically to house horses, usually divided into individual stalls with feed and bedding. A barn is a larger, more general farm building used for storing hay, grain, and equipment, and for sheltering various livestock. Put simply, all stables shelter animals, but a barn serves broader farm purposes.

A stall is a single compartment inside a stable, sized to hold one horse. The stable is the whole building that contains those stalls, along with space for tack, feed, and grooming. So the stall is a part, and the stable is the larger structure around it.

A stable shelters horses from weather and provides a safe place to rest, feed, and be groomed. It stores tack, feed, and bedding, and gives handlers a controlled space for veterinary care, saddling, and daily management. Riding schools and farms rely on stables to keep their animals healthy.

Yes, but that is a separate part of speech. As an adjective, "stable" means firm, steady, or not likely to change or collapse, as in a stable ladder or a stable economy. The noun meaning a horse building is unrelated in sense, though the two are spelled and pronounced the same.