TEATIME

 Dictionary entry overview: What does teatime mean? 

• TEATIME (noun)
  The noun TEATIME has 1 sense:

1. a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes

  Familiarity information: TEATIME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEATIME (noun)

Meaning:

A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

afternoon tea; teatime; tea

Context example:

an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea

Hypernyms ("teatime" is a kind of...):

meal; repast (the food served and eaten at one time)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)