tea
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tea/tiː/
▶noun
- 1 a hot drink made by infusing the dried, crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water.
■ the dried leaves used to make tea.
■ a similar drink made from the leaves, fruits, or flowers of other plants.
- 2 the evergreen shrub or small tree which produces tea leaves, native to south and east Asia. [Camellia sinensis.]
- 3 chiefly Brit. a light afternoon meal consisting of sandwiches, cakes, etc., with tea to drink.
■ Brit. a cooked evening meal.
'tea' also found in these Oxford entries:
apocope
- bara brith
- beef tea
- bergamot
- black
- black tea
- bohea
- brew
- bunfight
- caffeine
- camellia
- Cape jasmine
- chai
- char
- China tea
- creamer
- cream tea
- cup
- cuppa
- Darjeeling
- decaffeinate
- drum
- dry goods
- Earl Grey
- green tea
- gunpowder
- high tea
- iced tea
- ice tea
- infuse
- jasmine tea
- kitchen tea
- Labrador tea
- lapsang souchong
- lemon verbena
- manuka
- mash
- maté
- olde
- oolong
- orange pekoe
- pekoe
- pore
- pouchong
- raku
- rooibos
- Rosie Lee
- Russian tea
- samovar
- souchong
