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- DictionarySham·bles/ˈSHambəlz/
plural
- 1. a state of total disorder: informal "my career was in a shambles"
- 2. a butcher's slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names): "the shambles where the animals were slaughtered"
Definition of shambles – Learner’s Dictionary. shambles. noun. uk. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. / ˈʃæmblz / us. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. be a shambles informal. to be very badly organized: The performance was a complete shambles. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge.
shambles. noun. uk/ˈʃæmblz/us. be a shamblesinformal. Add to word listAdd to word list. to be very badly organized: The performance was a complete shambles. (Definition of shambles from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
5 days ago · a place where meat is sold; butcher's stall or shop. now only a local usage, esp. in street names. 2. a slaughterhouse. 3. a scene of great slaughter, bloodshed, or carnage. 4. any scene or condition of great destruction or disorder. rooms left a shambles by conventioneers.
Shambles Definition. A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin. A place where meat is sold; butcher's stall or shop. Great clutter or jumble; a total mess. Made dinner and left the kitchen a shambles. A slaughterhouse. A place or scene of bloodshed or carnage.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sham‧bles /ˈʃæmbəlz/ noun → be (in) a shambles Examples from the Corpus shambles • It is all out of order because the preliminaries are a shambles. • But the room, the target of a 1968 arson, was in a shambles. • This kitchen is a shambles! • Now it is merely a shambles.
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shambles, (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 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 Terms a butcher's shop or stall.
