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stables

The correct spelling is stables.

How to pronounce stables

noun

Say it like: Sta-ble-s

The correct spelling is stables. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses. For example: "There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables."

Usage Examples

There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
  2. 2.(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
  3. 3.A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
  4. 4.An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
  5. 5.A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

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