mess hall

English

Etymology

From mess (“military meal”) + hall.

Noun

mess hall (plural mess halls)

(US) A military dining room or building on an army or marine base.
Synonyms: chow hall, dining hall, dining facility, DFAC
- December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time‎:
  In the mess hall, lunch was served in plastic bowls and paper cups: rice with ragù, sausage soup with day-old bread.

Translations

military dining room

Finnish: kanttiini (fi), muonituskeskus (fi)
Greek:
Ancient: συσσίτια n pl (sussítia), φιδίτιον n (phidítion)
Icelandic: matsalur (is) m
Irish: bialann f
Russian: столо́вая (ru) f (stolóvaja)
Spanish: comedor militar m, cantina (es) f, comedor (es) m

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