tea garden

American  

noun

1. a tea plantation.

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tea garden British  

noun

1. an open-air restaurant that serves tea and light refreshments

2. a tea plantation

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Etymology

Origin of tea garden

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

"From Muslims to Hindus, Christians, tribal people to those belonging to the tea garden communities, there are men from all faiths and communities who got arrested for this heinous social crime," Sarma said.

From Reuters • Feb. 3, 2023

Kitchen fruit and vegetable scraps, grass clippings, coffee grounds/brewed loose leaf tea, garden clippings, and eggshells all count.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2022

After a long day of work at a tea garden in Assam's Chapatoli village, Ms Kharia had made her way home, walking through the gentle curves of the hills around her village.

From BBC • May 19, 2022

To escape the crowds, zip past the Chinese Garden’s sculpted stone bridges and climb to the hilltop ceremonial Japanese tea garden called Seifu-an, or “arbor of pure breeze.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2019

The subaltern had shot a tiger on a tea garden, but had hardly ever gone into the jungle.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon