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mess

(m/E/s )

a state of confusion and disorderliness(noun.state)

Example:
The house was a mess.

Synonym:
messiness, muss, mussiness

source: wordnet30
informal terms for a difficult situation(noun.state)

Synonym:
fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, muddle, pickle

source: wordnet30
soft semiliquid food(noun.food)

Example:
A mess of porridge.

source: wordnet30
a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel(noun.food)

source: wordnet30
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
mess hall

source: wordnet30
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft

source: wordnet30
Mass; church service.(noun)

source: webster1913
A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of pottage; also, the food given to a beast at one time.(noun)

source: webster1913

eat in a mess hall(verb.consumption)

source: wordnet30
make a mess of or create disorder in(verb.change)

Example:
He messed up his room.

Synonym:
mess up

source: wordnet30
To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.(verb)

source: webster1913
To supply with a mess.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a mess of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb.(verb)

source: webster1913

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