Tea - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|tiː|
Brit.
|tiː|
noun
- a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
iced tea is a cooling drink
- a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakesan Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea
- a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leavestea has fragrant white flowers
- a reception or party at which tea is servedwe met at the Dean's tea for newcomers
- dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make teathe store shelves held many different kinds of tea
they threw the tea into Boston harbor
they threw the tea into Boston harbor
Extra examples
Let's meet for tea tomorrow.
That shop does a great afternoon tea.
Bring us two cups of tea.
Would you like a cup of tea or coffee?
Do you take milk and sugar in your tea?
I'd like two teas and a piece of chocolate cake, please.
We serve lunch and afternoon tea.
We stopped for a cream tea on the way home (=tea and cream cakes).
Word forms
noun
singular: tea
plural: teas
singular: tea
plural: teas
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