AFTERNOON TEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does afternoon tea mean? 

• AFTERNOON TEA (noun)
  The noun AFTERNOON TEA has 1 sense:

1. a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes

  Familiarity information: AFTERNOON TEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFTERNOON TEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

afternoon tea; tea; teatime

Context example:

an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea

Hypernyms ("afternoon tea" is a kind of...):

meal; repast (the food served and eaten at one time)

Domain region:

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)