teas (meals)
- Scope note
- Meals or social serving of refreshments at which tea is featured, usually a light, informal afternoon or evening meal, at which the usual beverage is tea, but sometimes cocoa, chocolate, coffee, or other substitute may be served. In modern usage in the UK, a light meal in the late afternoon, but locally in the northern UK and in Australia and New Zealand, a cooked evening meal; in Jamaica, tea is the first meal of the day.
- Date of creation: 18-Nov-2024
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024