[Sửa]A (in full tea plant) an evergreen shrub orsmall tree, Camellia sinensis, of India, China, etc. b itsdried leaves.
[Sửa]A drink made by infusing tea-leaves in boilingwater.
[Sửa]A similar drink made from the leaves of other plantsor from another substance (camomile tea; beef tea).
[Sửa]A a lightafternoon meal consisting of tea, bread, cakes, etc. b Brit. acooked evening meal.
[Sửa]V. (teaed or tead) 1 intr. take tea.2 tr. give tea to (a person).
[Sửa]Tea and sympathy colloq.hospitable behaviour towards a troubled person. tea bag a smallperforated bag of tea for infusion. tea-ball esp. US a ball ofperforated metal to hold tea for infusion. tea-bread light orsweet bread for eating at tea. tea break Brit. a pause in worketc. to drink tea. tea caddy a container for tea. tea ceremonyan elaborate Japanese ritual of serving and drinking tea, as anexpression of Zen Buddhist philosophy. tea chest a lightmetal-lined wooden box in which tea is transported. tea cloth =tea towel. tea cosy a cover to keep a teapot warm. tea dancean afternoon tea with dancing. tea garden a garden in whichafternoon tea is served to the public. tea lady a womanemployed to make tea in offices etc. tea-leaf 1 a dried leaf oftea, used to make a drink of tea.
[Sửa](esp. in pl.) these afterinfusion or as dregs.
[Sửa]Rhymingsl. a thief. tea party a partyat teatime. tea-planter a proprietor or cultivator of a teaplantation. tea rose a hybrid shrub, Rosa odorata, with a scentresembling that of tea. tea towel a towel for drying washedcrockery etc. tea-tree Austral. & NZ an aromatic evergreenflowering shrub, Leptospermum scoparium, the manuka. teatrolley (US wagon) a small wheeled trolley from which tea isserved. [17th-c. tay, tey, prob. f. Du. tee f. Chin. (Amoydial.) te, = Mandarin dial. cha]
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