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mess
has definitions from the fields of military,housing,food
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[ noun ] a state of confusion and disorderliness
Examples "the house was a mess" "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Who would clean_up the mess when the war was over ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] (food) soft semiliquid food
Examples "a mess of porridge" Used in print (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)He poured the water off the sourdough and off the flour , salvaging the chunky , watery messes for biscuits of a sort . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (food) a meal eaten by service personnel
Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)Even the mess sergeant , Bill_Brown , a dapper , cocky transfer from an airborne division , went_out on the range . Related terms |
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[ noun ] informal terms for a difficult situation
Examples "he got into a terrible fix" "he made a muddle of his marriage" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (military,housing) a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
Synonyms Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)They caught Trig stealing liquor from the officers ' mess , and he got a_couple_of girls in_trouble . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 25311
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[ noun ] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Examples : "a batch of letters" "a deal of trouble" "a lot of money" "he made a mint on the stock market" "it must have cost plenty" Related terms |
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