Dictionary entry
Tearoom
Pronunciation: /ˈtēˌro͞om/
Pronunciation
/ˈtēˌro͞om/
Myanmar Meaning
လက်ဖက်ရည်ဆိုင်။
Definition
tearoom /'ti:ru:m, -rƱm/ (also teashop ) n ( esp Brit ) လက္ဖက္ရည္ဆိုင္။
Examples
- ‘Sadly
- they rarely return
- and those little businesses in Glen Lyon
- the tea room
- the pub and the hotels
- all lose out because one estate owner wants a private little kingdom.’
- ‘I was walking with my umbrella to the tea room.’
- ‘The tea room natter also serves to keep the audience intrigued and alert.’
- ‘Sadly
- the tea room was not serving any teas - apparently because of low water pressure problems.’
- ‘Pints have been pulled at the pub since 1991 when it was converted from a tea room and restaurant.’
- ‘The store sells a good range of food and petrol
- has a tea room
- and provides postal facilities (now with a mail delivery and clearance six days a week!)’
- ‘Long awaited and heavily hyped
- this ambitious new complex famed for its high-end restaurant also houses a tea room
- art gallery and the Sketch Bar.’
- ‘Exbury's new-look tea room and restaurant will be called Mr Eddy's
- after Edmund de Rothschild
- head of the Exbury branch of the Rothschild family.’
- ‘A spokesman said: ‘Following a further complaint
- visits to the tea room this year established the conditions of the licence had again been broken.’’
- ‘For the café tea room is quitting its home of 33 years in Northallerton and moving two doors down the town's High Street.’
- ‘I wanted a lifestyle change - I have always wanted to run a tea room and I enjoy crafts myself.’
- ‘On the seventh floor there is a big tea room where you can watch television and get a coffee while you wait for us to finish with Jason so you can give him a lift home.’
- ‘A new tea room is about to join the ranks of prestige eateries in Leigh.’
- ‘She said: ‘I was courting a local boy who was a member of the cricket club
- so I began work in the tea room - and there I stayed for the next 38 years
- ’ she said.’
- ‘The staff of the Orchids tea room were so delightful that I went away beaming and saying ‘yes everything was fine’
- when with hindsight the bread was plastic and the cauliflower cheese runny.’
- ‘A pound might not sound like much
- but it will buy you a cup of tea in a tea room and that is what tourists would rather spend their money on.’
- ‘I was asked to help out at the time
- I agreed to it and ended up running the tea room on a Sunday.’
- ‘On the day
- everyone at the tea room will be wearing yellow T-shirts
- serving yellow drinks and food and donating their tips and 20 per cent of the day's takings.’
- ‘The couple run a family business: Steve takes care of the leathers and other merchandise
- and Loz runs the cafe
- which is a hybrid of Forties tea room
- Fifties cafe and American diner.’
- ‘Bradford Council last year carried out improvements at the 100-acre site
- including sign-posted footpaths and a new tea room is also being built.’