Mess hall
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A military dining room or building on an army or marine base. US
"In the mess hall, lunch was served in plastic bowls and paper cups: rice with ragù, sausage soup with day-old bread."
- 2 a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax wordnet
Example
More examples"In the mess hall, lunch was served in plastic bowls and paper cups: rice with ragù, sausage soup with day-old bread."
Etymology
From mess (“military meal”) + hall.