mess hall
a place in which a group eats regularly, especially a dining hall in a military camp, post, etc.
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How to use mess hall in a sentence
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.
Inside a Wisconsin Army Base Where Nearly 13,000 Afghans Await an Uncertain Future | Vera Bergengruen/Fort McCoy, Wis. | October 4, 2021 | TimeWhen he served in base with a privatized mess hall, dinner was "inedible."
When The Iran Obsession Meets The Free-Market Fetish | Gershom Gorenberg | September 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThen the boys were told to go to the mess hall, where a hot supper awaited them.
The Rover Boys on the Farm | Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)As they started toward the convergence of sailors at the entrance of the mess hall, Urson said, "Oh, guess what?"
The Jewels of Aptor | Samuel R. DelanyThe cadets were again formed in order by the captains of crews, and marched into the mess hall.
The Hero of Manila | Rossiter Johnson
The two fiddlers were tuning their instruments when the party from the house entered the rosy-lighted mess-hall.
Penny of Top Hill Trail | Belle Kanaris ManiatesSeeking new fields that night, she slipped surreptitiously down to the mess hall.
Penny of Top Hill Trail | Belle Kanaris Maniates
British Dictionary definitions for mess hall
a military dining room, usually large
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