tearoom
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈtɪrˌum/
:
salón de té
- She invited me to meet her at the tearoom where they offer light meals and pastries.
- shops and tearooms
- tearoom and restaurant
- open tearooms
Examples
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I enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea with friends at the tearoom in the city center.
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Lee laughed as she reached across the table at Miss Pansy's, a tearoom around the corner from her father's store.
Fiction book (1996) -
Our path led to a tearoom.
Fiction book (1998) -
A chicken salad in the tearoom?
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I worked in tearooms when I was 18.
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I'm going to the Delta tearoom.
Fiction book (2002) -
A small tearoom in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Salima ordered for me in the hotel's tearoom; it seems to be helping.
Academic text (2004) -
In the Delta tearoom, three of his colleagues sat around a table in silence, punctuated by occasional remarks.
Fiction book (2002) -
The stained glass door of the tiny tearoom reflected the lamplight in round, gleaming patterns of blue and red.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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1.0
A small cafe where people buy coffee and light food
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1.0
A small place where people drink coffee and eat light food
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1.0
A room in a school or workplace where people can buy and eat lunch
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5.7
A small simple restaurant that serves coffee and sandwiches at a counter
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2.7
A place where people drink tea and eat light food
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8.3
A small shop that sells hot meals to people
A small cafe where people drink tea and eat light food
A small place where you drink tea and eat light snacks
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Etymology
The word tearoom is made of tea, the hot drink from Asia, and room, which means 'place'. Tea came into English from the Chinese word 'te', so a tearoom is simply a place to drink tea and eat light food.