tea
[ tee ]
/ ti /
noun
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Idioms for tea
one's cup of tea,
something suitable, appropriate, or attractive to one: Horror movies and westerns are just not my cup of tea.
Origin of tea
1590–1600; 1940–45
for def 9; < dialectal Chinese (Xiamen)
t'e, akin to Chinese
chá
OTHER WORDS FROM tea
tea·less, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tea
tea teeWords nearby tea
te rauparaha,
te reo,
te score,
te waipounamu,
te-hee,
tea,
tea act,
tea bag,
tea ball,
tea basket,
tea biscuit
Example sentences from the Web for tea
British Dictionary definitions for tea
tea
/ (tiː) /
noun
Word Origin for tea
C17: from Chinese (Amoy)
t'e, from Ancient Chinese
d`a
Idioms and Phrases with tea
tea
see cup of tea; not for all the tea in china; tempest in a teapot.