1. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
   "iced tea is a cooling drink";
   - char [Brit, informal], cha [Brit, informal]
    
2. [Brit] A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes
   "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea";
   - afternoon tea [Brit], teatime [Brit]
    
3. A tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves
   "tea has fragrant white flowers";
   - Camellia sinensis
    
4. Dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea
   "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbour"; "She carefully measured the tea leaves before steeping them in hot water";
   - tea leaf
    
5. [N. Amer, informal] Gossip or juicy details, especially within social or influencer circles
   "Spill the tea about what happened at the event"
    
6. [Brit] (regional) the main evening meal
   "In some parts of Britain, they refer to dinner as tea"

Sounds like: taught, tautt, tea, tee, t

Derived forms: teas

Type of: beverage, bush, drink, drinkable, extract, herb, infusion, meal, potable [formal], repast, shrub

Part of: genus Camellia

Encyclopedia: Tea, SD