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tea bread

tea bread noun: light spongy bread or bun accompanying tea; a tea loaf or teacake.

Noun

tea bread (countable and uncountable, plural tea breads)

  1. Light spongy bread or bun accompanying tea; a tea loaf or teacake.
    • Afternoon tea includes scones, tarts, finger sandwiches, Victorian spongecakes, tea breads, assorted cookies and jams.1990 November 23, Sharon Thompson, Susan Miller, “Fleur-de-lys restaurant expands dining space, menu”, in Lexington Herald-Leader, metro final edition, volume 8, number 325, Lexington, Ky., →ISSN...

Forms of tea bread

pluraltea breads

Questions about tea bread

What does tea bread mean?
Tea bread means light spongy bread or bun accompanying tea; a tea loaf or teacake.
What part of speech is tea bread?
Tea bread is a noun.
What is the plural of tea bread?
The plural of tea bread is tea breads.

Words near tea bread in the dictionary

  1. tea boards
  2. tea boat
  3. tea boats
  4. tea bowl
  5. tea bowls
  6. tea bread
  7. tea breads
  8. tea break
  9. tea breaks
  10. tea buffet
  11. tea buffets

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