shipshape

adjective
UK: /ˈʃɪp.ʃeɪp/
US: /ˈʃɪp.ʃeɪp/

  1. In good order; neat and tidy.

    1. The house is always shipshape before guests arrive.
    2. After a week at sea, the sailors ensured the deck was shipshape.

Synonyms

tidy orderly neat
shipshape adverb

  1. In a tidy and well-organized manner.

    1. The supplies were kept shipshape.
    2. She keeps her office shipshape so she can find everything easily.
shipshape verb

  1. To put in good order; to make neat and tidy.

    1. Let's shipshape the garage this weekend.
    2. The crew worked hard to shipshape the deck after the storm damage.

Frequently Asked Questions

The phonetic transcription of "shipshape" is /ˈʃɪp.ʃeɪp/ in British English and /ˈʃɪp.ʃeɪp/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "shipshape": tidy, orderly, neat.

Example usage of "shipshape": "The house is always shipshape before guests arrive.". More examples on the page.