The Clue
Meal in the military (4 letter answer)
The Answer
MESS
Tags
Notes
The answer MESS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
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Definition
MESS as a noun:
1. (mess, messiness, muss, mussiness) = a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
2. (fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish) = informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
3. soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"
4. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
5. (mess, mess hall) = a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
6. (batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew) = (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"
MESS as a verb:
1. eat in a mess hall
2. (mess, mess up) = make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"