to stall

Examples

• All

• After a long ride, we decided to stall the horse in its pen for the night.

• Maggie used her familiarity with horses to stall the mare in the stable for grooming.

• My mother moved purposefully from stall to stall.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The car has stalled at an intersection.

  Fiction book (1992)

• You can't stall here.

  Antwone Fisher (2002)

• My jalopy stalled outside of Dedham.

  Home Before Dark (1958)

• Please stall the donkey in the stable while we feed it fresh hay.

Synonyms

S

to stable

vsto stall

2 4.9

To put a horse or other animal into a building where it stays

places animals in a specific compartment inside their housing

P

to pen up

vsto stall

2 6.0

Keep animals or people in a small area

keeps animals in a small compartment inside a building for animals

Phrasal Verbs

S

to stall for time

• Informal

6 4.8

To delay doing something to get more time

Compounds

S

shower stall

• US

4 2.1

A small enclosed space in a bathroom with a shower for washing

C

choir stall

1 8.5

A carved wooden seat in a church where priests or singers sit during services

C

coffee stall

• Indian

1.7

A small movable stand that sells hot coffee and simple food on streets, often at night

F

front-stall

• Archaic

9.9

A metal plate that protects a horse's head in battle

S

stall bar

• Specialized

8.2

A frame of horizontal bars fixed to a wall for exercise

S

starting stall

• Specialized

5.8

A gate at the starting line that holds each horse or racer before a race starts

How Big

pasture

102 1.4

field

742 1.0

to yard

1 7.8

holding paddock

• UK

5.8

pen

63 3.5

to stall

5 4.8

Surface Forms

Etymology