"tea break" meaning in English

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Noun

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): 茶歇 (cháxiē) (Chinese Mandarin), 茶敘 (Chinese Mandarin), 茶叙 (cháxù) (Chinese Mandarin), theepauze [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), teetauko (Finnish), pause thé [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-tea_break-en-noun-aDsnCEOA Disambiguation of Coffee: 91 9 Disambiguation of Tea: 91 9 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'a short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk': 94 6
  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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