a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax | a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated |
a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
soft semiliquid food | a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | an orderly pile |
a state of confusion and disorderliness | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent |
informal terms for a difficult situation | |