Shipshape (Adjective)
Meaning
Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The hotel staff ensured that each room was shipshape before the guests' arrival, with every item in its designated place.
- After hours of cleaning, the garage was finally shipshape and she could find everything she needed.
- Her grandmother was a neat freak, and even her workshop was shipshape, with tools hanging from hooks on the walls.
- The new homeowners were proud of their backyard, now shipshape and ready for summer barbecues.
- The tiny bed-and-breakfast was shipshape, with fresh flowers in the windowboxes and perfectly made beds.