"high tea" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌhʌɪ ˈtiː/ [UK] Audio: EN-AU ck1 high tea.ogg [Australia] Forms: high teas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} high tea (countable and uncountable, plural high teas)
  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A late afternoon or early evening meal, typically consisting of a cooked dish with bread and butter and tea. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-high_tea-en-noun-M5nYRugd Categories (other): Australian English, British English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47
  2. (US) Formal afternoon tea. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Tea
    Sense id: en-high_tea-en-noun-oCz3QZ6B Disambiguation of Tea: 15 85 Categories (other): American English, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for high tea meaning in English (2.8kB)

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