teahouse

[ tee-hous ]

/ ˈtiˌhaʊs /

noun, plural tea·hous·es [tee-hou-ziz] /ˈtiˌhaʊ zɪz/.

a restaurant or other establishment, especially in the Far East, where tea and refreshments are served.

Nearby words

teaching machine, teaching practice, teacup, teacupful, teagarden, teahouse, teak, teakettle, teakwood, teal, teale's amputation

Origin of teahouse

First recorded in 1680–90; tea + house

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Examples from the Web for teahouse

Recollecting this, Taro stopped at a teahouse and changed his rough cotton suit for the silken one.
Warriors of Old Japan and Other Stories|Yei Theodora Ozaki
On arriving at a teahouse which had been erected in the gardens, everybody rested and partook of tea.
Two Years in the Forbidden City|The Princess Der Ling
I found that there were 23 registered geisha, no joro, 50 teahouse girls with dubious characters and 55 sellers of saké.
The Foundations of Japan|J.W. Robertson Scott
The teahouse had been closed for some hours then and our wives were sitting in the dark on the teahouse porch waiting for us.
Those Times And These|Irvin S. Cobb

The likin-barrier is here, and a teahouse or two, and the guardian temple.
An Australian in China|George Ernest Morrison

British Dictionary definitions for teahouse

teahouse

/ (ˈtiːˌhaʊs) /

noun

a restaurant, esp in Japan or China, where tea and light refreshments are served

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