"tea break" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tea break.wav Forms: tea breaks [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪk Head templates: {{en-noun}} tea break (plural tea breaks)
  1. (British, Australia) A short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk. Tags: Australia, British Categories (topical): Rest, Coffee, Tea Translations (a short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk): اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), 茶歇 (cháxiē) (Chinese Mandarin), 茶敘 (Chinese Mandarin), 茶叙 (cháxù) (Chinese Mandarin), theepauze [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), teetauko (Finnish), pause thé [feminine] (French), Teepause [feminine] (German), переры́в на чай (pererýv na čaj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tea_break-en-noun-aDsnCEOA Disambiguation of Coffee: 89 11 Disambiguation of Tea: 90 10 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'a short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk': 93 7
  2. (Australia) A short rest break which an employee is entitled to take, shorter in duration than a lunchbreak Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-tea_break-en-noun-W8Yc5KiY Categories (other): Australian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: coffee break, teacake

Inflected forms

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