Meaning : Soft semiliquid food.
Example :
A mess of porridge.
Meaning : A meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel.
Meaning : A (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax.
Synonyms : mess hall
Meaning : (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.
Example :
A batch of letters.
A deal of trouble.
A lot of money.
He made a mint on the stock market.
See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos.
It must have cost plenty.
A slew of journalists.
A wad of money.
Synonyms : batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad