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messhall

messhall is the alternative form of mess hall.

Meaning of mess hall

Noun

mess hall (plural mess halls)

  1. (US) 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.2022 December 7, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in TIME, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2023

Forms of messhall

pluralmesshalls

Questions about messhall

What is messhall the alternative form of?
Messhall is the alternative form of mess hall.

Words near messhall in the dictionary

  1. messes of pottage
  2. messes up
  3. messes with
  4. messet
  5. messets
  6. messhall
  7. messhalls
  8. Messi
  9. Messia
  10. messiah
  11. messiah complex

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