mess hall
Where troops dine
A mess hall is a communal dining room, especially on a military base or in an institution.
The term comes from military usage, where mess has long meant a group who eat together or the meal itself.
Soldiers lined up at the mess hall for breakfast.
The civilian equivalent is usually called a cafeteria or dining hall.
Self-service dining facility
- refectoryInstitutional dining room
- canteenPortable liquid container
- buffetSelf-service meal display
- benchesMulti-person seats or sidelines
serving line · trays · institutional · dormitory · boarding school · camp · prison · hospital
Soldiers' residential building
- chow lineCafeteria serving queue
- MRECombat ration abbreviation
- rationsControlled food portions
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
troops · reveille · KP duty · garrison · base · canteen · deployment · platoon
Day's first eating
schedule · mealtime · lineup · seconds · portions · tray return · cleanup · KP
Mutual goodwill among companions
- bondingForming close connections
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- moraleGroup emotional well-being
- esprit de corpsShared pride among members
togetherness · solidarity · teamwork · companionship · kinship · unity · breaking bread · community
cafeteria
Self-service dining facility
benches · serving line · trays · institutional · dormitory · boarding school · camp · prison · hospital · shelter
barracks
Soldiers' residential building
galley · troops · reveille · KP duty · garrison · base · canteen · deployment · platoon · sergeant
breakfast
Day's first eating
shifts · schedule · mealtime · lineup · seconds · portions · tray return · cleanup · KP · prep
fellowship
Mutual goodwill among companions
- bondingForming close connections
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- moraleGroup emotional well-being
esprit de corps · togetherness · solidarity · teamwork · companionship · kinship · unity · breaking bread · community · rapport
- military social lifeofficers club, military ball, dining in, dining out, hail and farewell
- prison slangshank, shiv, yard, cellie, commissary
- Sandhurstcadets, officer training, commissioning, parade ground, passing out
- West Pointcadets, plebe, plebes, firsties, yearling
- campingtent, campfire, campsite, campground, sleeping bag
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
mess hallrestaurant
Place serving meals
home kitchen · café · bistro · private residence · diner
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