tea

tea
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1) N-MASS Tea is a drink made by adding hot water to tea leaves or tea bags. Many people add milk to the drink and some add sugar.

...a cup of tea...

Would you like some tea?...

Four or five men were drinking tea from flasks.

N-COUNT
A cup of tea can be referred to as a tea.

Would anybody like a tea or coffee?

2) N-MASS: usu n N Drinks such as mint tea or chamomile tea are made by pouring hot water on the dried leaves of the particular plant or flower.
3) N-MASS The chopped dried leaves of the plant that tea is made from is referred to as tea.

...a packet of tea...

America imports about 190 million pounds of tea a year...

Earl Grey, Darjeeling and Jasmine are best-selling traditional teas.

4) N-VAR Tea is a meal some people eat in the late afternoon. It consists of food such as sandwiches and cakes, with tea to drink. [BRIT]
See also , high tea

I'm doing the sandwiches for tea...

I took her to tea at the Ritz.

5) N-VAR Some people refer to the main meal that they eat in the early part of the evening as tea. [BRIT]

At five o'clock he comes back for his tea.

6) PHRASE: v-link PHR, usu with brd-neg If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like.

Politics was not his cup of tea...

I know I'm not everyone's cup of tea.


English dictionary. 2008.

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Synonyms:
(especially of the dried leaves of the tea-plant), / ,


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