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tea-like drink

tea-like drink

2.7
A drink like tea that uses herbs or flowers instead of tea leaves
  • noun
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  • The café serves a variety of tea-like drinks, such as rooibos and chamomile infusions.

Examples

  • He offered me a tea-like drink made from dried flowers rather than tea leaves.

  • Many people enjoy a tea-like drink in the evening because it contains no caffeine.

  • This is a delicious tea-like drink!

  • I enjoyed a tea-like drink at the café.

  • He offered me a tea-like drink made from dried flowers rather than tea leaves.

  • Many people enjoy a tea-like drink in the evening because it contains no caffeine.

  • The café serves a variety of tea-like drinks, such as rooibos and chamomile infusions.

Synonyms

herbal tea
vstea-like drink
17 1.3

A hot drink made from herbs or other plants, not tea leaves

focuses on resembling the well known leaf drink in taste or appearance
ginger tea
vstea-like drink
2 1.0

A hot drink made by steeping ginger slices in boiling water

is the broad category defined by looking or tasting like the classic leaf drink
herb tea
vstea-like drink
1 3.0

A hot drink made by soaking plant leaves or flowers in hot water

is defined by similarity to the classic leaf drink rather than specific ingredients
sage tea
vstea-like drink
1 2.8

A hot drink you make by putting sage leaves in hot water

refers to the general drink category, not one single plant flavor

How Tea-Like

tea
937 1.0
herbal tea
17 1.3
tea-like drink
2.7
fruit drink
2 1.5

Surface Forms

tea-like drink singular
tea-like drinks plural

Morphology

tea-like + drink

The meaning is directly compositional: 'tea-like' (resembling tea) modifies 'drink' to mean a beverage similar to tea. This modifier+noun pattern and the '-like' inference are common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to derive the meaning.

Etymology

Tea-like drink comes from people brewing herbs or flowers that looked and tasted like tea even though they were not made from tea leaves. So 'tea-like' means 'similar to tea' and the phrase is used today for any brewed drink that is like tea but made from other plants.