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SHAMBLES

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A building where animals are butchered

Synonyms:

abattoir; butchery; shambles; slaughterhouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shambles" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A condition of great disorder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("shambles" is a kind of...):

disorder; disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb shamble

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