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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MESS HALL

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Mess hall is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MESS HALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mess hall

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 people who ate together was also called a mess, and it is this sense that persists in the "mess halls" of the modern military.

Definition of mess hall in the English dictionary

The definition of mess hall in the dictionary is a military dining room, usually large.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MESS HALL

mess
mess about
mess deck
mess dress
mess gear
mess jacket
mess kit
mess mate
mess of pottage
mess tin
mess-up
message
message bag
message board
message stick
message switching
Messager
messaging
Messalina
messaline

WORDS THAT END LIKE MESS HALL

arrivals hall
assembly hall
bingo hall
church hall
city hall
civic hall
concert hall
dance hall
dining hall
entrance hall
exhibition hall
hall
lecture hall
liberty hall
music hall
pool hall
residence hall
sports hall
study hall
town hall
village hall

Synonyms and antonyms of mess hall in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mess hall» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MESS HALL

Find out the translation of mess hall to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

食堂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

comedor
570 millions of speakers

English

mess hall
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मेस हॉल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قاعة الطعام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

столовой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

refeitório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জাদুকর হল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mess
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ruang kucar-kacir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kasino
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

食堂
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엉망 홀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hall hall
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phòng ăn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உணவுக்கூடம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोंधळ हॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yemekhane
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mensa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kantyna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

їдальнею
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sala de mese
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αίθουσα χάος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

menasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mess hall
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

messa
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mess hall

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MESS HALL»

The term «mess hall» is regularly used and occupies the 94.157 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MESS HALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mess hall

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MESS HALL»

Discover the use of mess hall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mess hall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Murder in the Mess Hall
Sugar was strangled with a silky blue cord—and Abby recognizes it as the same cord that ties the collar of her new blue blouse! This is only the beginning of the evidence which begins to pile up against Abby.
Patricia M. Bloebaum, 2001
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The 6th C.C.
TILES OF TOE MESS HALL 'll bet you can't guess what the morgue and the mess ive in common? You guessed it, the loading dock, the powers that be designed the hospital, they put ng doors to the morgue next to the swinging doors to ss ...
Douglas Feay, 2010
3
Cupboard Love 2: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities
The word entremets is actually more closely related to the English word mess, as in mess hall, the place where military personnel eat: both the mets of entremets and the mess of mess hall derive from the Latin word mittere, which strictly ...
Mark Morton, 2004
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Farewell to Manzanar
Written with her husband, Jeanne delivers a powerful first-person account that reveals her search for the meaning of Manzanar. Farewell to Manzanar has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country.
James D. Houston, James A. Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, 2002
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Finish Forty and Home: The Untold World War II Story of ...
On the sixteenth, Sergeant Tippens and radar man Corporal Straight of the squadron's ground support were pumping fuel for their gasoline stoves from a drum beside the mess hall. A laundry was boiling nearby, and somehow suddenly the ...
Phil Scearce, 2011
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The Bobbies of Bailiwick
Inside was a mess hall with a pair of long tables flanked by benches running the length of the room. Everything was at the correct height for the Elboem, with the benches no more than a foot off the deck. If the mess hall had served a meal in ...
Christopher Blankley, 2011
7
Last of the Horse Soldiers
He went to the camp mess hall and chased the permanent camp mess personnel out of the mess hall. “Get out of my mess hall,” he had roared. The permanent mess people promptly left. Gilvan got a work detail of a dozen men from Brock and ...
Uriah Orr, 2006
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We Got Him!: A Memoir of the Hunt and Capture of Saddam Hussein
“Steve, what happened at the mess hall today?” I explained what happened, expecting to get flamed. Instead, Colonel Campbell simply said, “Stay away from the mess hall. You are too important out on the streets to have something like this  ...
Steve Russell, 2011
9
Two Centuries in Two Weeks
When Paco was alive, he took all his meals in the mess hall. However, there was a part of the hall reserved for him and other whites. As often was the case, Paco was the only white eating in the mess hall. On these occasions, he would eat ...
Tannie Stovall, 2009
10
Dr. Strangelove's America: Society and Culture in the Atomic Age
Officers and enlisted men in the squadron are expected to swear loyalty at all times of the day and for all sorts of action, from eating in the mess hall and getting a haircut to preparing for bombing missions. The impact and the meaning of the ...
Margot A. Henriksen, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MESS HALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mess hall is used in the context of the following news items.
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For 50 years, the Deans have been the heart of Dixie Basketball …
"Failure to do that will result in you being issued a tour, which means you can either do extra running as punishment, clean the mess hall or you ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
2
Boost for Business
It also has engineering precision with a bollard pull of seventy tones and long voyage amenities including a mess hall, kitchen and sleeping ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
3
Broncos prep for 2015 season at Camp Pendleton
In addition to residing in the same barracks used by the Marines stationed at the base, Broncos' players dined in the mess hall, which allowed ... «Southeast Valley Ledger, Jul 15»
4
Page, Arizona
The first structures of any note were barracks and mess hall buildings constructed by Merritt-Chapman-Scott (MCS), the dam project's prime ... «Arizona Capitol Times, Jul 15»
5
A space of one's own
... built in one acre land will have a counselling centre, exercise facilities, sports and recreation area besides a large kitchen and mess hall. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
6
VIDEO: UND's new dining hub takes shape
Instead of what Rosaasen described as a "mess hall" style dining center, Wilkerson now has a large circular area with several separate cooking ... «Grand Forks Herald, Jul 15»
7
Sewer project to help Purple Cat expand
... will help the business add 15 new jobs and a brand new camping area with 12 cabins, a swimming pool, shower house and mess hall. «WYTV, Jul 15»
8
The Patuxent Partnership News Briefs
The first deck houses the galley, mess hall, administrative spaces and the aircraft hangar bays. The second deck is dedicated to academic ... «Southern Maryland Online, Jul 15»
9
Dour Festival 2015 – Red Cross deals with over 4000 incidents
A little “first-aid” village for Red Cross staff with dormitories, a mess hall, a mobile kitchen and rudimentary showers was set up last Wednesday. «The Brussels Times, Jul 15»
10
WWII vet notes time with infantry band
The South Koreans would stand outside the mess hall and beg for scraps.” The Korean War was still four years away when Ellsworth deployed ... «The Herald, Jul 15»

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