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TEA PARLOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tea parlor mean? 

TEA PARLOR (noun)
  The noun TEA PARLOR has 1 sense:

1. a restaurant where tea and light meals are availableplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TEA PARLOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A restaurant where tea and light meals are available

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tea parlor; tea parlour; teahouse; tearoom; teashop

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

eatery; eating house; eating place; restaurant (a building where people go to eat)

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tea parlor"):

buttery (a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals)


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