boba tea
Syllables: bo·ba·tea/ˌboʊbə ˈti/
boba tea noun: synonym of bubble tea.
Noun
boba tea (countable and uncountable, plural boba teas)
- Synonym of bubble tea.
- It happened when beverage aficionados learned that tapioca, the starch used to make the sweet, round, chewy black bubbles — or pearls — that are the featured topping in the popular boba tea drink, was in short supply.2021 April 16, Kellen Browning, “Another Unlikely Pandemic Shortage: Boba Tea”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- A nearby bus depot is a hub for commuters and tempts them to linger with a boba tea shop, a gyro stand and an outdoor cinema.2023 April 7, Kate Conger, Shawn Hubler, “Stabbing of Cash App Creator Raises Alarm, and Claims of ‘Lawless’ San Francisco”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- bubble tea
Synonyms of boba tea
Forms of boba tea
| plural | boba teas |
|---|
Origin of boba tea
From boba + tea, related to English ball.
Words that rhyme with boba tea
Questions about boba tea
- What does boba tea mean?
- Boba tea means synonym of bubble tea.
- What part of speech is boba tea?
- Boba tea is a noun.
- How do you pronounce boba tea?
- Boba tea is pronounced /ˌboʊbə ˈti/ (US).
- What is the plural of boba tea?
- The plural of boba tea is boba teas.
Words near boba tea in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: boba tea (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-boba tea.wav.
Cite this entry: “boba tea.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/boba_tea. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.