<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Slang: a slaughterhouse.</li><li>any place of carnage.</li><li>any scene of destruction: to turn cities into shambles.</li><li>any scene, place, or thing in disorder: Her desk is a shambles.</li><li>British Dialect: a butcher's shop or stall.</li><li>(used with a singular or plural verb)</li></ul>