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tea leaves

tea leaves noun: anything, not necessarily tangible, that is used to make a prediction. Also the plural of tea leaf.

Noun

tea leaves

  1. (figuratively) Anything, not necessarily tangible, that is used to make a prediction.
    • Read the tea leaves.

Also used as

tea leaves is also the plural of tea leaf.

Questions about tea leaves

What does tea leaves mean?
Tea leaves means anything, not necessarily tangible, that is used to make a prediction.
What part of speech is tea leaves?
Tea leaves is a noun.

Words near tea leaves in the dictionary

  1. tea ladies
  2. tea lady
  3. tea lead
  4. tea leaf
  5. tea leaf paradox
  6. tea leaves
  7. tea light
  8. tea lights
  9. tea loaf
  10. tea loaves
  11. tea maker

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