tearoom
Americannoun
noun
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another name for teashop
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a room in a school or university where hot drinks are served
Etymology
Origin of tearoom
Example Sentences
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The morning of Aug. 14, Minguela had been on his last delivery of the day, dropping off strawberries to a tearoom in Little Tokyo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2025
Ms Austin met Lincoln when he visited the tearoom with his mother and brother, and she decided to offer him a job.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025
Here is another story: The second tarot reading I ever received also took place in a tearoom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
On a drizzly January morning, a group of friends are catching up over coffee in a tearoom just a stone's throw from Shakespeare's birthplace in the centre of the historic Warwickshire town.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2023
I thanked her, and said a few other words, and then watched her leave the tearoom.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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