mess hall

noun

Etymology

From mess (“military meal”) + hall.

Definitions

  1. A military dining room or building on an army or marine base.

    • In the mess hall, lunch was served in plastic bowls and paper cups: rice with ragù, sausage soup with day-old bread.

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