tea
IPA: tˈi
noun
- (uncountable) The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant.
- (uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves.
- (uncountable) The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water.
- Any drink which is similar to Camellia sinensis tea in some way:
- (uncountable) Any similar drink made by infusing parts of various other plants.
- (uncountable, in combination) Meat stock served as a hot drink.
- (countable, Commonwealth, northern US) A cup or (East Asia, Southern US) glass of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, and/or tapioca pearls.
- (uncountable, UK) A light midafternoon meal, typically but not necessarily including tea.
- (uncountable, Commonwealth) Synonym of supper, the main evening meal, whether or not it includes tea.
- (cricket) The break in play between the second and third sessions.
- (slang, dated) Synonym of marijuana.
- (slang, especially gay slang and African-American Vernacular) Information, especially gossip.
- (Nigeria) Hot chocolate.
- A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a traditional cup of tea. It is now found in Chinese-language historical fiction.
- A city in South Dakota
- (countable, Northern Ireland) Training and employment agency.
- (uncountable) Acronym of triethylaluminium. [(organic chemistry) A volatile organometallic compound (Al₂(C₂H₅)₆ or Al₂Et₆) used in various chemical processes and as an ignitor for jet and rocket engines.]
- (uncountable) Abbreviation of triethylamine. [(organic chemistry) The tertiary amine (CH₃-CH₂)₃N, having many industrial uses.]
- (uncountable) Abbreviation of triethanolamine. [(organic chemistry) The tertiary amine (HO-CH₂-CH₂)₃N derived from ethanolamine]
verb
- (intransitive) To drink tea.
- (intransitive) To take afternoon tea (the light meal).
- (transitive) To give tea to.
adjective
- (US, politics) Taxed enough already.
Examples of "tea" in Sentences
- I sipped a cup of tea.
- The girl supped a cup of tea.
- I drink green tea every morning.
- The flower was the cream tea rose.
- But the taste of the tea was terrible.
- Pour the tea into the batter and stir.
- They are the coffee boy, the tea boy and the prostitute.
- The drink consists of 1 part lemonade and 1 part iced tea.
- It is the way to drink the locally produced fragrant jasmine black tea.
- A _tea cozy_ is a convenient device to use when tea is served from the pot.
- Most, if not all of the claims about the healthiness of this new coffee tea are unproven.
- "four-o'clock tea" rather blotted out one of the prettiest features of the English tea, that of the graceful garment the _tea gown_.
- -- When tea is desired for afternoon serving or when it is to be prepared at the table, a _tea ball_ is the most satisfactory utensil to use.
- The Chinese are in the habit of adulterating some of their tea for the market, but they are honest enough to call it in their language _lie tea_.
- *Hans luvly cuppa tea to Salleh* *offer kukies onna prettee playte 2 Salleh* *noms on kukie an dayntiily sips da tea* Salleh, Ollie n Sport sownd liek wunnerful kittehs.
- White tea is produced in lesser quantities than most of the other styles, and can be correspondingly more expensive than tea from the same plant processed by other methods.
- The jasmine tea was replaced with a rare pomelo blossom perfumed tea*, which seems to have captured the essence of Charisma more fully – including it’s rounded floralcy and pungent aroma from the kewda and spearmint.
- Over the weekend, Mr. Kerry showed a sharper edge, blaming House Republicans for blocking a broad deficit-reduction deal that would have included tax increases and using the term tea party downgrade'' to describe a credit firm's decision to strip U.S. debt of its triple-A rating.
- Anyway, two things actually make most of this irrelevant…first up, I only drink tea and won’t pay more than fifty pence for it under most circumstances its a social habit..tea is for sitting around other peoples houses with…that’s my opinion. therefore my personal boycott is entirely irrelevant and not even vaguely threatening to Starbuck’s.