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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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