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tea break

tea break noun: a short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk.

Noun

tea break (plural tea breaks)

  1. (Australia, UK) A short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk.
  2. (Australia) A short rest break which an employee is entitled to take, shorter in duration than a lunchbreak
    • An employee who works between 3 and 5 hours on a day should be entitled to a paid tea break for rest.2015 October 9, “Tea breaks - What are you entitled to?”, in Communication Workers Union
    • According to the SCHADS award, support workers are entitled to a paid 10 minute tea break for every four hours worked.2022 December 31 (last accessed), “Meal time entitlements: can I take breaks?”, in Hireup, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2022

tea break meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

tea break in Tamil

தேனீர் இடைவேளை

tea break in Kannada

ಚಹಾ ವಿರಾಮ, ಟೀ ವಿರಾಮ

tea break in Arabic

a short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk
اِسْتِرَاحَة istirāḥa

Forms of tea break

pluraltea breaks

Words that rhyme with tea break

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Questions about tea break

What does tea break mean?
Tea break means a short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk.
What is tea break in Tamil?
Tea break in Tamil is தேனீர் இடைவேளை. See Tea break meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tea break?
Tea break is a noun.
What is the plural of tea break?
The plural of tea break is tea breaks.

Words near tea break in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tea break (page history and authors); tea break (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tea break (Kannada Wiktionary) (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.

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