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teashop

teashop

1.0
A small place where you drink tea and eat light snacks
  • noun
  • /ˈtiˌʃɔp/
  • UK
translation icon : salón de té
  • He owns a teashop.

Examples

  • She enjoyed a warm cup of tea and a pastry at the small teashop around the corner.

  • Then a friend and I opened a teashop in Hythe.

  • Stef and Dzhun were having breakfast in a teashop deep in the Clouds and Rain District.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • He escorted her up the block where they stopped at a quaint little teashop.

    Blog text (28)
  • As an afterthought, he picked up the phone and hit the speed dial for The Star-Struck Cup, his ex-wife's teashop.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Effortlessly, Dzhun put her whore's persona on again, screaming and waving at a friend who had just entered the teashop.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • So we stayed there fixing old furniture and propping up reeling mangers, building benches and tables for the local teashops.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • He sat at a table at a teashop to wait for his friend.

  • As Suresh emerged from the small bus station, a friend invited him to join her at a nearby teashop.

Synonyms

coffee shop
vsteashop
156 1.0

A small cafe where people buy coffee and light food

leans more toward leaf-based hot drinks and light refreshments than bean drinks
coffeehouse
vsteashop
25 1.0

A small place where people drink coffee and eat light food

focuses on leaf-based hot drinks and light refreshments rather than bean-brewed drinks
luncheonette
vsteashop
  • Archaic
5 5.7

A small simple restaurant that serves coffee and sandwiches at a counter

places greater emphasis on leaf-based hot drinks and light refreshments than counter meals
coffee bar
vsteashop
5 1.3

A small café where people buy coffee and light snacks

centres on leaf-based hot drinks and simple refreshments rather than bean drinks
caf
vsteashop
  • Informal
5 7.7

A small place that serves simple meals and drinks

is more specific, highlighting leaf-based hot drinks and light refreshments
teahouse
vsteashop
4 2.7

A place where people drink tea and eat light food

focuses on leaf-based hot drinks with light refreshments instead of full meals
tearoom
vsteashop
4 3.0

A small cafe that serves tea with light meals like cakes and sandwiches

is the same small place but often with a calmer, more formal atmosphere
cookshop
vsteashop
  • Archaic
1 8.3

A small shop that sells hot meals to people

is about serving leaf-based hot drinks and light refreshments rather than selling cooked food
tea parlor
vsteashop
  • US
3.7

A small cafe where people drink tea and eat light food

is similar but emphasizes simple refreshments over refined service style
espresso shop
vsteashop
2.3

A small coffee shop that mostly serves espresso and other coffee drinks

serves leaf-based hot drinks and light refreshments rather than specialist bean drinks

How Cozy

teashop
  • UK
1.0
cafe
206 1.0
teahouse
4 2.7
tearoom
4 3.0
kiosk
32 3.3

Surface Forms

teashop singular
teashops plural

Morphology

teashop = tea + shop (transparent) = tea + shop

A straightforward compound of two common nouns; learners can directly infer a place where tea is sold or served.

Etymology

The word teashop is made of tea and shop, where tea comes from a Chinese word for 'tea' and shop means 'a small store'. So a teashop is a small place where people have tea and light food.