tea break

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. an intermission from work, usually in the middle of the morning or afternoon, for a cup of tea, a snack, etc.

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tea break British  

noun

1. a short rest period during working hours during which tea, coffee, etc is drunk

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Example Sentences

When he was rebuffed he said this was "not good strategy" and while being told they would get back to him, said: "Have a tea break while you're at it."

From BBC • May 4, 2025

As a truck rolls out of the Bhutanese bottling plant, operated by Veen Waters India, the 40-some line workers take a tea break along a short row of employee housing.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

The first continues until 10 a.m., pausing for Gandhi and his supporters to have a tea break and lunch.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

Some time around the tea break on day 4 he should be entering the nervous 90’s.

From The Guardian • Dec. 17, 2020

The tea break was one of the ways the brutal sugar-slave world of the plantations and the new work rhythm of the industrial factory were linked.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson