noun
substantial early evening meal including tea
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑dinner
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noun Britain : a meal served between five and six o'clock usually with meat, salad, stewed fruit, cakes or cookies, and with tea
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Brit.
a late afternoon or early evening meal similar to a light supper.
[1825-35]
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high tea noun
An early-evening meal comprising a hot dish followed by cakes, etc and tea
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Main Entry: ↑high
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high tea
An early-evening meal with tea and eg meat, eggs, fish, or a savoury dish
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Main Entry: ↑tea
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high tea UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [singular high tea plural high teas] british old-fashioned
a small meal served in the late afternoon
Thesaurus: types of mealhyponym
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high tea,
British. a tea at which meat is served, usually later than the ordinary tea.
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n. Brit. a meal eaten in the late afternoon or early evening, typically consisting of a cooked dish, bread and butter, and tea
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noun, pl ⋯ teas [count, noncount]
chiefly Brit : an early evening meal at which tea and often cold meat and sandwiches are usually served
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a meal consisting of cooked food, bread and butter and cakes, usually with tea to drink, eaten in the late afternoon or early evening instead of dinner
Useful english dictionary. 2012.