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TEA PARLOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tea parlor mean?
• TEA PARLOR (noun)
The noun TEA PARLOR has 1 sense:
1. a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
Familiarity information: TEA PARLOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A restaurant where tea and light meals are available
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tea parlor; tea parlour; teahouse; tearoom; teashop
Hypernyms ("tea parlor" is a kind of...):
eatery; eating house; eating place; restaurant (a building where people go to eat)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tea parlor"):
buttery (a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals)
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