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Definition of Tea service
1. Noun. A set of china or silverware for serving tea.
Member holonyms: Cream Pitcher, Creamer, Sugar Bowl, Teapot, Tea Tray
Generic synonyms: Tableware
Definition of Tea service
1. Noun. a set of matching crockery for serving tea; normally a teapot, cups, saucers and small plates etc.; some items may be silver ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tea Service
Literary usage of Tea service
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Woman's Book: Dealing Practically with the Modern Conditions of Home (1894)
"Another table now found in many well-appointed drawing- rooms holds a tea-service
which of itself makes an ornament. The mantel may be considered as part of ..."
2. Overland Through Asia: Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox (1871)
"RUSSIAN tea service. ' In rambling about Petropavlovsk I found the hills covered
with luxuriant grass, sometimes reaching to my knees. ..."
3. The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill by Dorothy Nevill (1906)
"... Piccadilly—Lack of good English furniture at South Kensington—My iron-work—Old
china—A cheap tea- service—Great dealers of the past—The artistic horrors ..."
4. The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill by Dorothy Nevill (1906)
"... Museum—Mr. Jones and his collection in Piccadilly—Lack of good English furniture
at South Kensington—My iron-work—Old china—A cheap tea- service—Great ..."
5. The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill by Dorothy Nevill, Ralph Nevill (1906)
"... Piccadilly—Lack of good English furniture at South Kensington—My iron-work—Old
china—A cheap tea- service—Great dealers of the past—The artistic horrors ..."
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