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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.

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

    If a place, event, or situation is a shambles or is in a shambles, everything is in disorder. The ship's interior was an utter shambles. The economy is in a shambles.

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

    Shambles means a place, situation, or thing in complete disorder or chaos. It comes from a word for a table or stool, and was originally used for a meat market or a slaughterhouse.

  7. 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.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishshambles noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    noun. /ˈʃæmblz/ [singular] (informal) a situation in which there is a great lack of order or understanding synonym mess. The press conference was a complete shambles. What a shambles! He’s made an absolute shambles of his career. in a shambles The government is in a shambles over Europe. Extra Examples. Join us.

  9. 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