tea shop

noun

Synonyms of tea shopnext
chiefly British
: a small restaurant or café : tearoom

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Filipp Mirzakhanov, the owner of Lovely, a tea shop in Aurora, is embracing sobriety for himself and mindful drinking as a lifestyle after losing his wife to pancreatic cancer almost six years ago. Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026 Hue, a coffee and tea shop with a retail space that supports AAPI brands by day. Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025 Cockroaches close Sacramento boba tea shop Aimee Boba Café, 7238 Franklin Blvd. Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025 Two familiar bubble tea shops have thrown in the towel. Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tea shop

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tea shop was in 1851

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“Tea shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tea%20shop. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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