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• a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

  synonym	mess hall
  domain topic	armed forcesarmed servicesmilitarymilitary machinewar machine
  hypernym	dining roomdining-room
  hyponym	officer's mess
  mero part	training table

• a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

  hypernym

  mealrepast

• soft semiliquid food

  hypernym

  alimentalimentationnourishmentnutrimentnutritionsustenancevictuals

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

  synonym	batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmicklemintmountainmucklepasselpeckpileplentypotquite a littleraftsightslewspatestacktidy sumwad
  hypernym	large indefinite amountlarge indefinite quantity
  hyponym	delugefloodhaymowinundationtorrent

• a state of confusion and disorderliness

  synonym	messinessmussmussiness
  derivation	messy
  hypernym	disorderdisorderliness

• informal terms for a difficult situation

  synonym	fixholejamkettle of fishmuddlepickle
  hypernym	difficultnessdifficulty
  hyponym	dog's breakfastdog's dinner

• make a mess of or create disorder in

  synonym	mess up
  hypernym	disarraydisorder

• eat in a mess hall

  domain topic	armed forcesarmed servicesmilitarymilitary machinewar machine
  hypernym	eat