Meaning

2 senses
  1. (in the plural)A dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea.

    Teeblatt, Teeblätter

    ча́йный листčájnyj list, ча́йные ли́стьяčájnyje lístʹja

    dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea

  2. (Cockney, slang)A thief.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
leaf of the tea plant:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
leaf of the tea plant:

Forms

plural: tea leaves

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea:tea

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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