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messmate::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | acquaintance, friend |
Examples of messmate
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Local messmate timber was used on floors, ceilings and fins for the curved walls.
From the smh.com.au
When lit up at night, the house shines like embers through the remnant messmate forest that surrounds it.
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As you approach higher altitudes towards Daylesford, rows of ironbark, box and stringybark give way to candlebark and messmate forests.
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The mill has undergone a major refurbishment and will produce high-quality oak hardwood products, including messmate and mountain and alpine ash.
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Down a few steps is the living room, a large space with recycled messmate floorboards that contrast nicely with the cool grey of the concrete.
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- (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)
- A person with whom one regularly takes meals, typically a COMRADE in the same unit, or a SHIPMATE who works in the same specialty. ...
- Eucalyptus obliqua, a common and widespread hardwood, ranging in size from a stunted mallee to a giant tree. Characterised by fibrous bark on trunk and limbs, sheets of which were used by Aborigines and early settlers to make shelters. ...
- One (usually a soldier) who eats at the same mess, companion or comrade.
