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mess hall

noun

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

mess hall

First recorded in 1860–65

Cold-weather tents have been erected on either side of one of the mess halls to shield people waiting in meal lines once temperatures drop.

From Time

When he served in base with a privatized mess hall, dinner was "inedible."

Then the boys were told to go to the mess hall, where a hot supper awaited them.

As they started toward the convergence of sailors at the entrance of the mess hall, Urson said, "Oh, guess what?"

The cadets were again formed in order by the captains of crews, and marched into the mess hall.

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

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

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