tea service

noun

1. a set of chinaware for preparing and drinking hot beverages, especially tea.
2. a set of silver or other metalware for preparing and serving hot beverages, especially tea.

tea service

noun

1. the china or pottery articles used in serving tea, including a teapot, cups, saucers, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of tea service¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Alice then went to the kitchen and found Clarissa burnishing the tea service.

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Maitland Tait asked, after the tea-service was before us, and I had poured his cup.

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And Clare Biggars had her own tea service in her room at the pension.

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An old Sèvres tea-service rested on a Georgian silver tray, which gleamed in the firelight.

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Four large dolls sat solemnly round a dolls' tea-table, and a dolls' tea service was arranged in front of them.

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