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# stabiliser

noun (a stabiliser, stabilisers; US stabilizer)

«stabiliser» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK) Stabilisers are the two small extra wheels on the back of a child's bicycle that stop it falling over while you learn to ride (US: training wheels). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabiliser/#m1)
2. A stabiliser is any part or device that keeps something steady, such as the fins on a ship or the small horizontal wings at the back of an aeroplane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabiliser/#m2)
3. (food, science) A stabiliser is a substance added to food or chemicals to keep them mixed and stop them changing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabiliser/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life children learn to ride a bike "without stabilisers". In science and D and T lessons stabilisers keep boats, planes and structures balanced. On food labels, stabilisers are listed among ingredients (for example in ice cream). Phrases: "take off the stabilisers", "ride without stabilisers".

### Examples

- I learned to ride without stabilisers when I was five. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabiliser/#x1)
- Dad took the stabilisers off my bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabiliser/#x2)
- In America they call stabilisers training wheels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabiliser/#x3)
- Big ships have stabilisers to stop them rolling in waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabiliser/#x4)
- The ice cream has a stabiliser to keep it smooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabiliser/#x5)
- The plane's stabiliser helps it fly straight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabiliser/#x6)
- She still needs stabilisers on her bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabiliser/#x7)

### Note

UK spelling with s (stabiliser); US with z (stabilizer). Verb: stabilise. Countable: a stabiliser, stabilisers. "Training wheels" is the US and Canadian word for bike stabilisers.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stabiliser» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabiliser/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stabiliser» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stabiliser.html) on Mova free.