mess hall

noun

: a hall or building (as on an army post) in which mess is served

Examples of mess hall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Next to the airport check out tasting rooms inside old WWII-era mess halls, firehouses and hangar buildings. Jamie Moore, USA TODAY, 5 June 2024 On the battlefield, Black and white Marines fought side-by-side, but afterward the Marines separated to their segregated camps, with their own huts, kitchens and mess halls. Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2024 Alas, Ted and Michael York are stuck debating the merits of Larry’s notions to conceive a dining area that’s part aristocratic quarters and part military mess hall. Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024 The Eisenhower, a vast, 1,000-foot, 100,000-ton Nimitz-class carrier, has a crew of roughly 5,000 and is like a city on the sea, with sprawling aircraft hangars, mess halls and sleeping areas. Courtney Kube, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mess hall 

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Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mess hall was in 1821

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“Mess hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mess%20hall. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

mess hall

noun
: a hall or building (as on an army post) in which mess is served
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