Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mess hall

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables
mess hall
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A military dining room or building on an army or marine base.

American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

From mess (“military meal”) + hall.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mess halls (plural)

Synonyms

chow hall dining hall dining facility DFAC mess

Questions

What does mess hall mean?
A military dining room or building on an army or marine base.
Where does mess hall come from?
From mess (“military meal”) + hall.

How to pronounce mess hall

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