主要用來當作餐廳的房間或獨立建築物，例如軍事基地內的用餐設施。

食堂(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,,)
shih t'ang (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,,)
shí táng (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,,)
shi tang (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,,)
mess halls(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,PN)
mess hall(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
mess(dining hall)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
messes(dining halls)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
messhalls(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
halls, mess(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
kantines(P,,U,荷蘭語-偏好,D,U,U)
kantine(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
salas de rancho(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,PN)
sala de rancho(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
rancho(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,UF,U,SN)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........組件 (層級名)
............成分
................<依特定背景區分之組件>
....................<建築劃分>
........................<房間與空間>
............................<依功能區分之房間與空間>
................................<飲食場所>
....................................餐廳
........................................食堂

meaning/usage overlaps with....

雜貨商店(商店與進食空間)

英文....	Areas on military bases that serve chiefly as dining halls, rooms or separate buildings.
荷蘭語....	Ruimten waar personeels- of clubleden tegen matige prijzen kunnen eten of meegebracht eten kunnen nuttigen. Gebruik 'messes' voor kantines van legerofficieren.
西班牙語....	Habitaciones o salas, como en bases del ejército, que su función principal es ser usada como comedores.

食堂............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 September 23, 2011
.................	建築學英漢辭典 p. 263
mess halls............	[VP]
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Avery Index (1963-) (source AAT)
mess hall............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
mess(dining hall)............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
messes(dining halls)............	[VP]
.................	Roberts, Construction Industry Thesaurus (1976)
messhalls............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
halls, mess............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
kantines............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
kantine............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
salas de rancho............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Comité, Plural del término en singular
sala de rancho............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	TAA database (2000-)
rancho............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Moliner, Diccionario de uso del español (2004) II:855
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) Armies--Commissariat
.................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)

Getty AAT: 300004348 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300004348
聯合目錄： 食堂 、shih t'ang 、shí táng 、shi tang 、mess halls 、mess hall 、mess 、messes 、messhalls 、halls, mess 、kantines 、kantine 、salas de rancho 、sala de rancho 、rancho