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TEA PARTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tea party mean?
• TEA PARTY (noun)
The noun TEA PARTY has 1 sense:
1. a party at which tea is served
Familiarity information: TEA PARTY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A party at which tea is served
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("tea party" is a kind of...):
party (an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment)
Context examples
The little girls had a private tea party, and Ted roved among the edibles at his own sweet will.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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