• Finnish: viivyttää

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

1. stable, building for housing horses
2. a team in certain sports, in particular racing.

Descendants

• Finnish: talli

Stall can refer to:

• Stall (enclosure), a small enclosure, as for market goods, or for an animal
  • Market stall, makeshift or mobile structures for selling market goods or serving food.
• Choir stall seating in a church for the choir
• Stall (engine), the unexpected or unwanted stopping of an engine
• Stall (flight), the fairly sudden loss of effectiveness of an aerodynamic surface
• Stalling (gaming), obstruction of the flow of play while leading in a timed game
• Stalling (conversation), avoiding direct response to a prompt or request in order to avoid addressing the subject altogether or buy time to keep from explaining or producing a direct answer.
• Stall, Austria, a town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia

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