mess
English Thesaurus
1. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | officer's mess, |
| definition | : | a mess for the exclusive use of officers (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | training table, |
| definition | : | planned meals for athletes in training (usually served in a mess hall) (noun.food) |
2. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | meal, repast, |
| definition | : | the food served and eaten at one time (noun.food) |
3. soft semiliquid food (noun.food)
4. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (noun.quantity)
| hyponym | : | haymow, |
| definition | : | a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation (noun.quantity) |
5. informal terms for a difficult situation (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | difficulty, |
| definition | : | a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome (noun.state) |
6. a state of confusion and disorderliness (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | disorder, disorderliness, |
| definition | : | a condition in which things are not in their expected places (noun.state) |
7. make a mess of or create disorder in (verb.change)
8. eat in a mess hall (verb.consumption)
| hypernym | : | eat, |
| definition | : | eat a meal; take a meal (verb.consumption) |
9. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | mess, mess, mess, |
| definition | : | eat in a mess hall (verb.consumption) |
10. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (noun.quantity)
| derivation | : | heap, |
| definition | : | fill to overflow (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | heap, |
| definition | : | bestow in large quantities (verb.possession) |
11. a state of confusion and disorderliness (noun.state)
| derivation | : | mess, mess up, |
| definition | : | make a mess of or create disorder in (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | muss, tussle, |
| definition | : | make messy or untidy (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | messy, mussy, |
| definition | : | dirty and disorderly (adj.all) |
12. make a mess of or create disorder in (verb.change)
13. eat in a mess hall (verb.consumption)
| derivation | : | mess, mess hall, |
| definition | : | a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | mess, |
| definition | : | a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel (noun.food) |
| derivation | : | mess, |
| definition | : | soft semiliquid food (noun.food) |
14. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | mess, mess, mess, |
| definition | : | eat in a mess hall (verb.consumption) |
15. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (noun.quantity)
| derivation | : | heap, |
| definition | : | fill to overflow (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | heap, |
| definition | : | bestow in large quantities (verb.possession) |
16. a state of confusion and disorderliness (noun.state)
| derivation | : | mess, mess up, |
| definition | : | make a mess of or create disorder in (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | muss, tussle, |
| definition | : | make messy or untidy (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | messy, mussy, |
| definition | : | dirty and disorderly (adj.all) |
17. make a mess of or create disorder in (verb.change)
18. eat in a mess hall (verb.consumption)
| derivation | : | mess, mess hall, |
| definition | : | a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | mess, |
| definition | : | a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel (noun.food) |
| derivation | : | mess, |
| definition | : | soft semiliquid food (noun.food) |
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