Definition of shambles Shambles
/ʃæˈmbʌlz/ - [shatmbulz] - sham•bles
We found 10 definitions of shambles from 5 different sources.
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What does shambles mean?
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NounSingular: shamble |
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| shambles - a condition of great disorder | ||
| shambles - a building where animals are butchered | ||
| abattoir, butchery, slaughterhouse | ||
| edifice, building a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" | ||
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shambles
A place where animals are butchered for food.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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shambles
sham′blz, n.pl. stalls on which butchers exposed their meat for sale, hence a flesh-market: a slaughter-house. [A.S. scamel (Ger. schämel), a stool—Low L. scamellum, for L. scabellum, dim. of scamnum, a bench.]
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