shambles
A scene of great disorder or ruinA scene of great disorder or ruin.
» What a shambles.
Was für ein Durcheinander!
Який бардак.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)A scene of great disorder or ruin.
Durcheinander, Tohuwabohu, Schlachtfeld
разру́хаrazrúxa, руи́ныruíny, разва́линыrazváliny
a condition of great disorder
(countable)A great mess or clutter.
This bedroom is a shambles.
Durcheinander, Chaos, Scherbenhaufen
неразбери́хаnerazberíxa, беспоря́докbesporjádok, каварда́кkavardák
(countable)A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation.
Schlachtfeld
бо́йняbójnja
(countable)A slaughterhouse.
Schlachthaus
бо́йняbójnja, скотобо́йняskotobójnja
(archaic, countable)A butcher's shop.
Fleischerei, Fleischhauer, Metzgerei
Examples
20 sentencesWhat a shambles.
Який бардак.
deWas für ein Durcheinander!
Sami's restaurant was always in shambles.
Edmundo found the house in shambles.
The pandemic left school districts in shambles.
The drunk tourists left the hotel room in shambles after their visit.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (“bench,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”).
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Forms
plural: shamblesSynonyms
3 synonyms- a building where animals are butchered:abattoirbutcheryslaughterhouse
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable