afternoon tea
A formal afternoon meal comprising light snacks, accompanied by teaA formal afternoon meal comprising light snacks, accompanied by tea.
» We'll have afternoon tea at three.
rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(UK, countable, uncountable)A formal afternoon meal comprising light snacks, accompanied by tea.
a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes
(Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, countable, uncountable)A small meal or snack eaten between lunch and dinner (supper); a period of time set aside for this purpose, taken as a break from work or from a conference.
Examples
6 sentencesWe'll have afternoon tea at three.
What do we have for afternoon tea?
ruЧто у нас на полдник? — marafon
I'm having my afternoon tea.
Let's enjoy this afternoon tea.
Tom invited his relatives over for afternoon tea.
Translations
4 languagesForms
plural: afternoon teas| Singular | afternoon tea |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.