messmate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8

Definition of messmate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship.
    “Messmates, ahoy! Come here! Come here!”
    “The cap’n was displeased at that, but my messmates were all of a mind and landed.”
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noun

  1. An associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship.
    “Messmates, ahoy! Come here! Come here!”
    “The cap’n was displeased at that, but my messmates were all of a mind and landed.”
  2. (Australia)Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua.

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Etymology

From mess + mate.

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6-letter words

7 words

5-letter words

29 words

4-letter words

42 words

3-letter words

27 words

2-letter words

12 words

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