[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/jumble/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) / jumble

# jumble

noun (a jumble, jumbles); verb (jumble, jumbles, jumbled, jumbling)

«jumble» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An untidy mix of things in no order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#m1)
2. (verb) To mix things up so they are out of order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#m2)
3. (UK) Old things given to be sold cheaply, as at a jumble sale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#m3)
4. A word puzzle where the letters are mixed up (a word jumble). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: a jumble of toys, shoes and socks under the bed. At school: a word jumble or sentence jumble to put back in order. In the UK, a jumble sale raises money for a school or church. Phrases: jumble sale, jumbled up, a jumble of.

### Examples

- My drawer is a jumble of pencils and string. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x1)
- Someone jumbled up the puzzle pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x2)
- Unjumble these letters: T-A-C. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x3)
- We sold old toys at the school jumble sale (UK). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x4)
- The story got jumbled when he told it fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x5)
- Put the jumbled sentences in the right order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x6)
- There was a jumble of shoes by the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x7)

### Note

Noun is countable (a jumble of things). Verb: jumbled, jumbling. "Jumble sale" is British; in the USA and Canada people say "rummage sale" or "yard sale". A word jumble is a kind of anagram.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jumble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jumble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jumble.html) on Mova free.