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mess
noun
verb
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
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noun
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
noun
a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
noun
soft semiliquid food
“a mess of porridge”
noun
(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
“a batch of letters”
noun
informal terms for a difficult situation
“he got into a terrible fix”
noun
a state of confusion and disorderliness
“the house was a mess”
verb
make a mess of or create disorder in
“He messed up his room”
verb
eat in a mess hall
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Example Sentences
a mess of porridge
a batch of letters
a deal of trouble
a lot of money
he made a mint on the stock market
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
he got into a terrible fix
he made a muddle of his marriage
the house was a mess
she smoothed the mussiness of the bed
He messed up his room
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