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Definition tea

Etymology 1

Circa 1650, from Dutch thee, from Min Nan ? (tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).

Introduced to English and other Western European languages by the Dutch East India Company, who sourced their tea in Amoy; compare Malay teh along the same trade route. Doublet of chai and cha (and, distantly, lahpet), from same Proto-Sino-Tibetan root; see discussion of cognates.

Noun

tea (countable and uncountable, plural teas)

1. (uncountable) The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant.
2. (uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves.
3. (uncountable) The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water.
4. (uncountable) Any similar drink made by infusing parts of various other plants.
5. (uncountable) Meat stock served as a hot drink.
6. (countable, Commonwealth of Nations, northern US) A cup or (East Asia, Southern US) glass of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, and/or tapioca pearls.
7. (uncountable, Britain) A light midafternoon meal, typically but not necessarily including tea.
8. (uncountable, Commonwealth of Nations) Synonym of supper, the main evening meal, whether or not it includes tea.
9. (cricket) The break in play between the second and third sessions.
10. (slang, dated) Synonym of marijuana.
11. (slang, especially gay slang and African American Vernacular) Information, especially gossip.

Verb

tea (third-person singular simple present teas, present participle teaing, simple past and past participle teaed)

1. To drink tea.
2. To take afternoon tea (the light meal).

Etymology 2

From Chinese ? (“tea”).

Noun

tea (plural teas)

1. A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a traditional cup of tea. It is now found in Chinese-language historical fiction.

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