chai

[ she ]

/ ʃɛ /

noun, plural chais [she] /ʃɛ/. French.

a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.

Words nearby chai

chagos archipelago, chagres, chagrin, chagul, chahar, chai, chaikovski, chain, chain coral, chain drive, chain fern

Definition for chai (2 of 2)

chai²

[ chahy ]

/ tʃaɪ /

noun

a drink of tea made with cardamom and various other spices, milk, and a sweetener.

Origin of chai

1970-75; < Turkish çay and Russian, Persian, Hindi, Urdu chay “tea,” ultimately from Chinese chá tea

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Examples from the Web for chai

We laughed about getting lost in New York City and had chai.
Mosul's Civilization and Its Discontents|Michael Carson|June 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I wear my tzitzit and my chai necklace proudly in photographs.
Prop 8’s Aftermath: With Gay Rights, Religion Still Lags|Sir Ari Gold|February 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Chai Trivedi Pranna, New York I cooked for Tyra Banks last week on the fly.
Chef Horror Stories|The Daily Beast|October 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST
They bring Xerox samosas wrapped in paper; they offer him chai.
An Excerpt from Between the Assassinations|Aravind Adiga|June 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST

This time when he was brought to the station in handcuffs there were no courtesies, no cups of chai.
An Excerpt from Between the Assassinations|Aravind Adiga|June 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
But "Can chai la fueilla" is very cleverly made with five, six, and four and seven.
Instigations|Ezra Pound
An official, named Chai, was appointed to a post at Jao-chou, and on his way thither crossed the Po-yang lake.
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio vol. II (of 2)|Songling Pu
My juwa had almost scratched an eye out of the Hindity mushi, and my chai had sent the Hindity childer scampering over the green.
Wild Wales|George Borrow
"Karim" was still sounding, when I heard a different strain, "Chai chai kirna cha-ee," which was sung in a sonorous nasal voice.
Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880|Various
On the Chai Pass the two aneroids I had on me registered an altitude of 11,190 feet.
In the Forbidden Land|Arnold Henry Savage Landor

British Dictionary definitions for chai

chai

/ (tʃaɪ) /

noun

tea, esp as made in India with added spices

Word Origin for chai

C20: Indian

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