a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax;
a meal eaten by service personnel;
soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge";
(often followed by `of'') a large number or amount or extent; "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";
informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage";
a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed";
make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room";
