mess

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/mɛs/]

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1. mess (noun) — sense 1

Definition: Mass; a church service.

2. mess (noun) — sense 2

Definition: 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 an animal at one time.

Example: c. 1555, Hugh Latimer, letter to one in prison for the profession of the Gospel
a mess of pottage

3. mess (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table.

Example: the wardroom mess

4. mess (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To take meals with a mess.

5. mess (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To belong to a mess.

6. mess (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To eat (with others).

Example: I mess with the wardroom officers.

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