Messes
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Messes
noun
- A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; disorder.
"He made a mess of it."
- A large quantity or number.
"My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today."
- Excrement.
"Parked under a tree, my car was soon covered in birds' mess."
- A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.
"Between the pain and the depression, I'm a mess."
verb
noun
- Mass; a church service.
- A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to an animal at one time.
"A mess of pottage."
- A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table.
"the wardroom mess"
- A building or room in which mess is eaten.
- A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).