shambles

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (bench, stool), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (stool, bench), from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamillum (little bench, ridge), from Latin scamnum (bench, ridge, breadth of a field).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃæmbl̩z/
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  • Rhymes: -æmbl̩z

Noun

shambles (countable and uncountable, plural shambles)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A scene of great disorder or ruin.
  2. (countable) A great mess or clutter.
    This bedroom is a shambles.
  3. (countable) A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation.
  4. (countable) A slaughterhouse.
  5. (countable, archaic) A butcher's shop.

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Verb

shambles

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shamble

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