A great number or large amount of things not placed in a pile.
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "it must have cost plenty"
informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
a meal eaten by service personnel
soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"
eat in a mess; in the military
a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"
(often followed by `of'') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
eat in a mess hall
a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
soft semiliquid food
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
