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tea whisk

tea whisk noun: a kitchen utensil shaped and used like a shaving brush but typically made of bamboo rather than badger hair and manipulated above matcha to dissolve it and make it foam.

tea whisk: a kitchen utensil shaped and used like a shaving brush but typically made of bamboo rather than...
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Noun

tea whisk (plural tea whisks)

  1. A kitchen utensil shaped and used like a shaving brush but typically made of bamboo rather than badger hair and manipulated above matcha to dissolve it and make it foam.

Synonyms of tea whisk

Forms of tea whisk

pluraltea whisks
alternative formtea-whisk
alternative formteawhisk

Origin of tea whisk

Calque of Japanese 茶筅 (chasen).

Questions about tea whisk

What does tea whisk mean?
Tea whisk means a kitchen utensil shaped and used like a shaving brush but typically made of bamboo rather than badger hair and manipulated above matcha to dissolve it and make it foam.
What part of speech is tea whisk?
Tea whisk is a noun.
What is the plural of tea whisk?
The plural of tea whisk is tea whisks.

Words near tea whisk in the dictionary

  1. tea trollies
  2. tea urn
  3. tea urns
  4. tea wagon
  5. tea wagons
  6. tea whisk
  7. tea whisks
  8. tea yellows
  9. tea'd
  10. tea-and-toaster
  11. tea-and-toasters

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