Definition of Tea break

1. Noun. A snack taken during a break in the work day. "The British have tea breaks"

Exact synonyms: Coffee Break
Generic synonyms: Bite, Collation, Snack

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tea Break

tea-strainer
tea-time
tea-times
tea-towel
tea-urn
tea-urns
tea and toaster
tea and toasters
tea bag
tea bagged
tea bagging
tea bags
tea ball
tea biscuit
tea bread
tea break (current term)
tea caddies
tea caddy
tea cart
tea carts
tea ceremonies
tea ceremony
tea chest
tea cloth
tea cosey
tea cosies
tea cosy
tea cozey
tea cozie
tea cozies

Literary usage of Tea break

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism: Proceedings of an Indo-U.S by Roddam Narasimha, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), United States, Office of Naval Research (2007)
"... Technology, and Countering Terrorism: The Search for a Sustainable Strategy Lewis M. Branscomb 11:15-11:30 tea break 11:30 - 12:15 Terrorist Threats in ..."

2. Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders by Jurriaan Plesman (1986)
"This would be followed by a tea-break. Members could then try some of the biscuits ... The tea-break was important, for during this unstructured period, ..."

3. Fostering Public-private Partnership for Innovation in Russia by OECD Staff, Oecd, Ministerstvo obrazovanii︠a︡, Russia (Federation) (2005)
"... Head, Science and Technology Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD Q&A and discussion 10:30 -10:45 Coffee/tea break ..."

4. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1906)
"Supper : Cold meat, apple sauce, tea. Break/tut : Wheat gems and milk, baked beans, fish-balls, brown bread, ..."

5. Voices for Change: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation in China by Ronnie Vernooy, Sun Qiu, Jianchu Xu (2003)
"... the Yunnan Maternal and Child Health Centre team 15:00-15:30 tea break 15:30- 17:00 Discussion: Main insights and lessons learned (Exercise 1) Friday, ..."

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