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    shambles
    /ˈʃamblz/

    plural

    • 1. a state of total disorder: informal "my career was in a shambles" Similar complete messpigstypigpeninformal:disaster area
    • 2. a butcher's slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names): "the shambles where the animals were slaughtered"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSHAMBLES | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Shambles is an informal word for a state of confusion, bad organization, or untidiness. Learn how to use it in sentences and see translations in different languages.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › shamblesShambles Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Shambles is a noun that can mean a meat market, a slaughterhouse, a place of great destruction, or a state of great disorder or confusion. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and related words of shambles from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSHAMBLES definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Shambles is a noun that means a place or situation of great disorder, or a place where animals are slaughtered. Learn more about its origin, usage, and collocations with Collins English Dictionary.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › shamblesSHAMBLES Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    A shambles is a place, situation, or other thing that’s in complete disorder. When shambles refers to a place, it typically indicates that it’s a mess or, more seriously, that it’s a scene of destruction, wreckage, or even carnage. When it refers to a situation, it indicates that it has fallen into chaos.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › shamblesShambles - definition of shambles by The Free Dictionary

    Shambles is a noun that means a scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin, or a place where animals are butchered. Learn the origin, synonyms, antonyms, and translations of shambles from various sources.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › shambleSHAMBLE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    noun. shambles,(used with a singular or plural verb) a slaughterhouse. any place of carnage. any scene of destruction: to turn cities into shambles. any scene, place, or thing in disorder: Her desk is a shambles. British Dialect. a butcher's shop or stall. shamble. 2. [ sham -b uh l ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used without object)

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › shamblesShambles - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    People say things are "in shambles" or "a shambles" — they mean the same thing. However you say it, a shambles is chaotic, disorderly, out of hand, and off the hook — a major, five-alarm mess. Definitions of shambles