From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmess hallˈmess hall noun [countable] PMADFa large room where soldiers eat
Examples from the Corpus
mess hall• I bumped into him by accident at the compound mess hall.• Eventually, because the mess hall would close, they allowed my commands to get through.• He joined every other prisoner in the mess hall for breakfast each morning at six-thirty.• I found the officers already assembled at one of the long tables in the mess hall.• In the mess hall I had orange juice, cereal, ham and eggs and coffee.• The water was delivered to the mess hall.• Then it was double time to the mess hall, and chin-ups and push-ups outside. 