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tea board

tea board noun: a board or tray for holding a tea set; a tea tray.

Noun

tea board (plural tea boards)

  1. (archaic) A board or tray for holding a tea set; a tea tray.
    • The newſpaper was immediately called for, if not brought in on the tea-board, from which he would ſcarcely lift his eyes while I poured out the tea,[…].1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume II, London: […]...
    • […] they all four ascended to the parlour; where—[…]—the tea-board was at that moment being set out.1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, “Is a Chapter of Love”, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC, page 252

Forms of tea board

pluraltea boards
alternative formtea-board
alternative formteaboard

Questions about tea board

What does tea board mean?
Tea board means a board or tray for holding a tea set; a tea tray.
What part of speech is tea board?
Tea board is a noun.
What is the plural of tea board?
The plural of tea board is tea boards.

Words near tea board in the dictionary

  1. tea bags
  2. tea ball
  3. tea balls
  4. tea biscuit
  5. tea biscuits
  6. tea board
  7. tea boards
  8. tea boat
  9. tea boats
  10. tea bowl
  11. tea bowls

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