MESS
Mess
A mess is an area where military personnel socialize, eat, and live. In some societies this military usage has extended to other disciplined services eateries such as civilian fire fighting and police forces. The root of mess is the Old French mes, "portion of food", drawn from the Latin verb mittere, meaning "to send" and "to put", the original sense being "a course of a meal put on the table". This sense of mess, which appeared in English in the 13th century, was often used for cooked or liquid dishes in particular, as in the "mess of pottage" . By the 15th century, a group of ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Mess
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mess
Noun
- Mass; church service.
- A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to an animal at one time.
- A mess of pottage.
- A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table.
- the wardroom mess
- A set of four .
- The milk given by a cow at one milking.
Noun (etymology 2)
- A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; a disorder.
- He made a mess of it.
- My bedroom is such a mess, I need to tidy up.
- A large quantity or number.
- My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today.
- She brought back a mess of fish to fix for supper.
- Excrement.
- There was dog mess all along the street.
- Parked under a tree, my car was soon covered in birds' mess.
Verb
- To take meals with a mess.
- To belong to a mess.
- To eat (with others).
- I mess with the wardroom officers.
- To supply with a mess.
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