tearoom
Americannoun
noun
-
another name for teashop
-
a room in a school or university where hot drinks are served
Etymology
Origin of tearoom
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He and supportive cabinet ministers worked the tearoom.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Scenic designer Beowulf Boritt’s quaint tearoom seems both real and hallucinatory, with a melancholy rain pouring down in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
The morning of Aug. 14, Minguela had been on his last delivery of the day, dropping off strawberries to a tearoom in Little Tokyo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2025
Ms Austin met Lincoln when he visited the tearoom with his mother and brother, and she decided to offer him a job.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025
I thanked her, and said a few other words, and then watched her leave the tearoom.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
