tea

  • 51tea — Synonyms and related words: DET, DMT, LSD, Mary, Mary Jane, STP, THC, TV dinner, acid, afternoon tea, alfresco meal, antidepressant, ataractic, barbecue, boo, breakfast, brunch, buffet supper, cannabis, clambake, coffee break, cookout,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 52tea — tɪː n. evergreen shrub of eastern Asia; dried leaves of the tea plant; drink made from water filtered through tea leaves or other dried leaves; cup of tea; afternoon meal at which tea is served …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 53tea — noun 1》 a hot drink made by infusing the dried, crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water.     ↘the dried leaves used to make tea.     ↘a similar drink made from the leaves, fruits, or flowers of other plants. 2》 the evergreen shrub or… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 54tea —   Kī, wai kī.     Tea leaf, lau kī.     Tea tree or shrub (tea family), ānini, wānini.     Plants used for tea, nehe, kīnehe, ko oko olau …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 55tea — 1. The dried leaves of various genera of the family Theaceae, including Thea (T. senensis), Camellia, and Gordonia, a shrub indigenous to China, southern and southeastern Asia, and Japan. Its chief constituent, upon which its stimulating action… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 56tea — tè·a agg.f. TS bot.com. solo nella loc. → rosa tea {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1891. ETIMO: tratto dall ingl. tea rose, comp. di tea tè e rose 1rosa , per il profumo ritenuto simile a quello del tè …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 57tea — [[t]ti[/t]] n. 1) pln the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Thea (Camellia) sinensis, of the family Theaceade 2) pln the shrub itself, extensively cultivated in China, Japan, India, etc., and having fragrant white flowers 3) a somewhat bitter …

    From formal English to slang

  • 58tea — See: CUP OF TEA also DISH OF TEA …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 59tea — See: CUP OF TEA also DISH OF TEA …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 60tea — [17] English acquired tea via Dutch thee and Malay teh from te, the word for ‘tea’ in the Amoy dialect of Chinese, from southeast China (the Mandarin Chinese version of the word is chá, from which English got cha [17]). It was originally… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins