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Definition tea in British English
tea
noun
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noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
/tiː/
1
a hot brown drink made by pouring boiling water onto the dried leaves of the tea bush. The leaves are called tea leaves and can be bought in small paper bags called tea bags that are put into a cup or teapot
Example
Do you want some more tea?
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2
a hot drink made by pouring boiling water onto the dried leaves, fruit, or flowers of other plants, especially herbs
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Example
What would you like for your tea?
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3.1
a small meal consisting of sandwiches etc that is eaten in the afternoon with tea
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high tea (noun)
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tea break (noun)
tea caddy (noun)
tea cosy (noun)
tea dance (noun)
tea leaf (noun)
tea party (noun)
Tea Party, the (noun)
tea service (noun)
tea shop (noun)
tea towel (noun)
tea tree (noun)
tea trolley (noun)
tea urn (noun)
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