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tea
noun
A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes
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noun
A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes
“An Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea”
noun
Dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea
“The store shelves held many different kinds of tea”
noun
A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
“Iced tea is a cooling drink”
noun
A tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves
“Tea has fragrant white flowers”
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An Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea
The store shelves held many different kinds of tea
They threw the tea into Boston harbor
Iced tea is a cooling drink
Tea has fragrant white flowers
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