TEAROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tearoom mean? 

• TEAROOM (noun)
  The noun TEAROOM has 1 sense:

1. a restaurant where tea and light meals are available

  Familiarity information: TEAROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEAROOM (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 ("tearoom" 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 "tearoom"):

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