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View synonyms for tearoom

tearoom

[ tee-room, -room ]

noun

  1. a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.


tearoom

/ ˈtiːˌruːm; -ˌrʊm /

noun

  1. another name for teashop
  2. a room in a school or university where hot drinks are served


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tearoom1

First recorded in 1770–80; tea + room

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Example Sentences

Sometimes they are called "caves," occasionally "tearoom cabals."

Books were stored in two Ministers' rooms, the ladies' tearoom, and two committee rooms.

Soon Paul slipped down from the cushioned corner of a sofa, and went downstairs into the tearoom to be ready for Florence.

As I entered the vaulted passageway I saw that it was built about a court, and caught a glimpse of a pleasant tearoom.

But he had no five sisters to make a sappy tearoom manager out of him.

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