fix (n)
hole (n)
jam (n)
kettle of fish (n)
mess (n)
muddle (n)
pickle (n)

Definition: informal terms for a difficult situation
Example: he got into a terrible fix. he made a muddle of his marriage.

mess (n)

Definition: soft semiliquid food
Example: a mess of porridge.

wad (n)
tidy sum (n)
batch (n)
deal (n)
flock (n)
good deal (n)
great deal (n)
hatful (n)
heap (n)
lot (n)
mass (n)
mess (n)
mickle (n)
mint (n)
mountain (n)
muckle (n)
passel (n)
peck (n)
pile (n)
plenty (n)
pot (n)
quite a little (n)
raft (n)
sight (n)
slew (n)
spate (n)
stack (n)

Definition: (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.

mess hall (n)
mess (n)

Definition: a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

mess (n)

Definition: a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

mussiness (n)
muss (n)
messiness (n)
mess (n)

Definition: a state of confusion and disorderliness
Example: the house was a mess. she smoothed the mussiness of the bed.

mess up (v)
mess (v)

Definition: make a mess of or create disorder in
Example: He messed up his room.

mess (v)

Definition: eat in a mess hall