morning tea
morning tea noun: a small meal or snack eaten between breakfast and lunch; a period of time set aside for this purpose, taken as a break from schoolwork, work, a conference, etc.
Noun
morning tea (countable and uncountable, plural morning teas)
- A small meal or snack eaten between breakfast and lunch; a period of time set aside for this purpose, taken as a break from schoolwork, work, a conference, etc.
- Thursday usually opens with a keynote session prior to morning tea and then breaks to stream sessions before and after lunch. […] The only thing it doesn′t include is breakfast, and many delegates just wait for our scrumptious morning teas anyway.1993 December, AUUGN: AUUG Inc. Newsletter, Volume 14, Number 6, page 53
- ‘You know what this means, don′t you?’ said Maxine, smiling broadly.
‘No?’ I wondered if I had to pack up my office straight away.
‘You have to buy morning tea.’
‘What?’
‘Morning tea. A cake. A big cake for all of us. […] ’2000, Maggie Alderson, Pants On Fire, Penguin Books Australia, unnumbered page
Forms of morning tea
| plural | morning teas |
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Questions about morning tea
- What does morning tea mean?
- Morning tea means a small meal or snack eaten between breakfast and lunch; a period of time set aside for this purpose, taken as a break from schoolwork, work, a conference, etc.
- What part of speech is morning tea?
- Morning tea is a noun.
- What is the plural of morning tea?
- The plural of morning tea is morning teas.
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