: a hall or building (as on an army post) in which mess is served
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebShowers were often broken and the food in the mess hall was poor. Evan Gershkovich, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022 Training was conducted at the UDT’s Maui base, a facility consisting of basic tents, a ramshackle mess hall, cold open-air showers and smelly outdoor toilets. Andrew Dubbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2022 Prisoners can be seen walking inside or near various buildings, including a mess hall and barracks, surrounded by a fenced perimeter. Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2022 And that very small sleeping space, nine to a bunk room affords almost zero privacy, meals for enlisted sailors in this mess hall are communal and there are no phones, no televisions, only an occasional use of e-mail.ABC News, 22 May 2022 Davis and her battalion lived in segregated housing with a separate mess hall and chapel.Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022 Employees cook edible gummies in the prison kitchen and stuff pre-rolled joints in the mess hall.NBC News, 13 Mar. 2022 The mess hall is a couple of blocks down — also in a house that’s been long abandoned.Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2022 The mess hall is equipped with TVs and streaming services. Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2022 See More