mess hall

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noun
  1. a place in which a group eats regularly, especially a dining hall in a military camp, post, etc.

Origin of mess hall

1
First recorded in 1860–65

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How to use mess hall in a sentence

  • The two fiddlers were tuning their instruments when the party from the house entered the rosy-lighted mess-hall.

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  • Seeking new fields that night, she slipped surreptitiously down to the mess hall.

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British Dictionary definitions for mess hall

mess hall

noun
  1. a military dining room, usually large

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