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Definition of "stall" []

  • A compartment for one domestic animal in a barn or shed. (noun)
  • A booth, cubicle, or stand used by a vendor, as at a market. (noun)
  • A small compartment: a shower stall. (noun)
  • An enclosed seat in the chancel of a church. (noun)
  • A pew in a church. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stall" in a sentence
  • "Got back to the stall at 3pm, totally exhausted from making the fritters, when Fleur had to let me in to the fact that HE had visited the stall… lolz…"
  • "None of the recorded cockpit conversations included the word "stall," these experts said."
  • "The idea there is to land absolutely at what they call stall speed, which is the speed at which the plane stops flying, and that's as slow as it could be."