"brick-tea" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} brick-tea (uncountable)
  1. Tea leaves formed into the shape of a brick, used to make beverages like tea, eaten as food or, as in the past, used as a form of currency. Wikipedia link: tea brick Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Tea Related terms: tea brick Translations (tea leaves): 磚茶 (Chinese Mandarin), 砖茶 (zhuānchá) (Chinese Mandarin), tiilitee (Finnish), пли́точный чай (plítočnyj čaj) [masculine] (Russian), ཇ་སྦ་ཀག (ja sba kag) (Tibetan)
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