morning tea

British  

noun

1. Brit equivalent: elevenses.  a mid-morning snack with a cup of tea

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Example Sentences

“If only loneliness could be solved with a morning tea or a coffee group get-together,” he says, “but if you don’t feel that you’re worthy of love and belonging, you’re not going to go to it in the first place.”

From Science Magazine

Men gathered around the stand, chatting as they drank their morning tea and electric rickshaws rumbled by.

From New York Times

Yu’s husband, Jack Chen, first grew suspicious in April 2022 when he began to notice a “chemical taste” in his morning tea.

From Los Angeles Times

“An empty chair at the dinner table — birthdays, anniversaries, holidays without them. Everyday things, small things, that detail you miss the most. The scent when you open that closet door. … The morning tea you shared together. The bend of his smile, or the perfect pitch of her laugh.”

From Washington Post

Workers were soon taken on again with a 5% pay rise provided they gave up their morning tea break.

From BBC