tea
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tea
W2S1 [ti:] n
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1¦(drink/leaves)¦
2 mint/camomile etc tea
3¦(meal)¦
4 tea and sympathy
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[Date: 1600-1700; : Chinese; Origin: te]
1.) ¦(DRINK/LEAVES)¦
a) [U and C]
a hot brown drink made by pouring boiling water onto the dried leaves from a particular Asian bush, or a cup of this drink
▪ 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.
b) [U]
dried, finely cut leaves that are used to make tea
c) [U]
bushes whose leaves are used to make tea
▪ tea plantations
2.) mint/camomile etc tea
a hot drink made by pouring boiling water onto leaves or flowers, sometimes used as a medicine
3.) ¦(MEAL)¦ [U and C]
BrE
a) a small meal of cake or ↑biscuits eaten in the afternoon with a cup of tea
▪ We serve lunch and afternoon tea .
▪ We stopped for a cream tea on the way home (=tea and cream cakes) .
b) used in some parts of Britain to mean a large meal that is eaten early in the evening
4.) tea and sympathy
BrE kindness and attention that you give someone when they are upset
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not be your cup of tea at ↑
cup1
Dictionary of contemporary English.
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