mess hall

English

Etymology

From mess (“military meal”) + hall.

Noun

mess hall (plural mess halls)

  1. (US) A military dining room or building on an army or marine base.
    Synonyms: chow hall, dining hall, dining facility, DFAC
    • December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time‎[1], archived from the original on 4 January 2023:
      In the mess hall, lunch was served in plastic bowls and paper cups: rice with ragù, sausage soup with day-old bread.

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