tea·time

(tē′tīm′)

The usual or traditional time for serving tea, as late afternoon.

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teatime

(ˈtiːtaɪm)

Brit the period of the day when people have their tea. It can be eaten either in the late afternoon or in the early part of the evening

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

tea•time

(ˈtiˌtaɪm)

n.

the time at which tea is served or taken, usu. in the late afternoon.

[1750–60]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

teatime - a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"

afternoon tea, tea

meal, repast - the food served and eaten at one time

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

سَاعَةُ تَنَاوُلُ الشَاي

svačina

sen eftermiddag

teehetki

vrijeme za čaj

ティータイム

티타임

middagsdags

เวลาดื่มน้ำชา

çay saati

giờ ăn tối

茶歇时间

teatime

[ˈtiːtaɪm] N (esp Brit)

1. (= time for drinking tea) → hora f del té
at teatime → a la hora del té

2. (= time of evening meal) → hora f de cenar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

teatime

[ˈtiːtaɪm] n (British) (in afternoon) → l'heure f du thé; (in evening) → l'heure f du dînertea towel n (British) → torchon mtea urn n → fontaine f à thé

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

teatime

[ˈtiːˌtaɪm] n → ora del tè

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

teatime

→ سَاعَةُ تَنَاوُلُ الشَاي svačina sen eftermiddag Teestunde ώρα τσαγιού hora del té teehetki heure du thé vrijeme za čaj ora del tè ティータイム 티타임 theetijd tetid pora podwieczorku hora do chá время обеда middagsdags เวลาดื่มน้ำชา çay saati giờ ăn tối 茶歇时间

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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In the first weeks the days were long; they often, at their finest, gave me what I used to call my own hour, the hour when, for my pupils, teatime and bedtime having come and gone, I had, before my final retirement, a small interval alone.

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Anna Mikhaylovna sat down beside him, with her own handkerchief wiped the tears from his eyes and from the letter, then having dried her own eyes she comforted the count, and decided that at dinner and till teatime she would prepare the countess, and after tea, with God's help, would inform her.

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Now, get out your patchwork and have your square done before teatime."

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She had been in one of her bad states - though they had got better of late, rather than worse - for four days, when she came out of it in the evening, just at teatime, and said quite plainly, 'Joe.' As she had never said any word for a long while, I ran and fetched in Mr.

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It was between five and six o'clock, near the usual teatime, when she came upstairs and said that Master Tom was wanted.

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At teatime they compared notes, and all agreed that it had been a delightful, though unusually long day.

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"Never mind it at present: I shall be coming down before teatime: I'll make it myself."

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I shall make bold to come out at teatime, and take the chance of finding you at home; if you are not, you know, or the ladies should feel a delicacy in being intruded on, and would rather not be known to me just now, why I can come again another time, any other time would do for me.

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Helen was here, and Helen was there all day long; sometimes she said that it was lunchtime, and sometimes that it was teatime; but by the next day all landmarks were obliterated, and the outer world was so far away that the different sounds, such as the sounds of people moving overhead, could only be ascribed to their cause by a great effort of memory.

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Tottenham in tomorrow teatime, faces a big dilemma Brennan It is a genuinely tough call for Guardiola - he clearly loves Jesus' workrate and defensive capabilities, but recognises that Aguero is far likelier to grab the goal that wins the game.

selection dilemma for Pep..

'' Without swearing is a teatime show There's nothing wrong with trying to create a format that is based on fun facts, but you have to be more fun and creative than naming its first round Thingy Majiggy.

I'm not saying BBC1 didn't have []

Be creative and 'frame' your teacup to add an element of surprise to your teatime affair.

Serve it on a frame