"tea bread" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tea breads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tea bread (countable and uncountable, plural tea breads)
  1. Light spongy bread or bun accompanying tea; a tea loaf or teacake. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tea_bread-en-noun-xhdU6ppv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Breads

Inflected forms

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