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Definition of the shambles in English English dictionary

shambles
a butcher's shop
shambles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shamble
shambles
{n} a butchery, a place to buy meat at
shambles
a scene of great disorder or ruin
shambles
a great mess or clutter
shambles
a slaughterhouse
shambles
a building where animals are butchered
shambles
a butchers shop
shambles
third person singular of shamble
shambles
a scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation
shambles
a condition of great disorder
shambles
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. = mess. be (in) a shambles a) if something is a shambles, it is very disorganized and there is a lot of confusion (shambles (16-20 centuries), from shamble (14-19 centuries), from scamul )
shambles
{i} disorder, mess; disastrous state or condition; slaughterhouse, place where animals are butchered for meat; place of carnage
the shambles

    Hyphenation

    the sham·bles

    Turkish pronunciation

    dhi şämbılz

    Pronunciation

    /ᴛʜē ˈsʜambəlz/ /ðiː ˈʃæmbəlz/
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