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teahouse

American  
[tee-hous] / ˈtiˌhaʊs /

noun

  • teahouses
    plural
  1. a restaurant or other establishment, especially in East Asia, where tea and refreshments are served.


teahouse British  
/ ˈtiːˌhaʊs /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of teahouse

First recorded in 1680–90; tea + house

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Tigist, 18, from West Gojjam, also in the Amhara region, worked in her family's small, traditional teahouse before she was attacked.

From BBC Nov. 18, 2025

Using electric blue and cherry red yarn, we seam together our denim rips over gentle chatter, creating decorative designs of clouds and triangles in the teahouse.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2024

That’s why, in 2004, Yagi opened her Japanese teahouse, Cha-An, in Manhattan’s East Village.

From Seattle Times Jan. 22, 2024

In the 1950s, Japanese officials paid handsomely to export a teahouse for display in the courtyard of the Museum of Modern Art.

From New York Times Mar. 9, 2023

The golden noses of imperial carriages peek out of the trees surrounding the teahouse.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Cafes and teahouses in Beijing and Chengdu now double as pseudo-temples, selling fortune charms, herbal infusions, and “Stay-Up-Late Water” tonics meant to balance urban overstimulation.

From Barron's Nov. 1, 2025

And, unlike the other teahouses that have popped up recently in Los Angeles, Steep serves alcohol.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2025

In the wake of the pandemic, several teahouses, tea cafes and afternoon tea rooms were forced to shut down.

From Salon Jan. 6, 2024

She and her sisters and friends had a tradition of going to teahouses together for a few years.

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2022

There were small shops and teahouses and street-side barbers on either side of it.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

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