mess -
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
Verb
mess -
eat in a mess hall
eat eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
mess -
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 a beast at one time.
mess -
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.
mess -
A set of four; — from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.
A mess (also called a messdeck aboard ships) is the place where military personnel socialise, eat, and (in some cases) 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" or "to put," the original sense being "a course of a meal put on the table.
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mess A state of confusion and disorderliness.
mess A great number or large amount of things not placed in a pile.
