(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Tea is a drink made by adding hot water to ~ leaves or ~ bags. Many people add milk to the drink and some add sugar.
...a cup of ~...
Would you like some ~?...
Four or five men were drinking ~ from flasks.
N-MASS
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A cup of ~ can be referred to as a ~.
Would anybody like a ~ or coffee?
N-COUNT
2.
The chopped dried leaves of the plant that ~ is made from is referred to as ~.
...a packet of ~...
N-MASS
3.
Tea is a meal some people eat in the late afternoon. It consists of food such as sandwiches and cakes, with ~ to drink. (BRIT)
I’m doing the sandwiches for ~...
N-VAR
see also afternoon ~ , high ~
4.
Some people refer to the main meal that they eat in the early part of the evening as ~. (BRIT)
At five o’clock he comes back for his ~.
N-VAR
5.
If you say that someone or something is not your cup of ~, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like.
Politics was not his cup of ~...
PHRASE: v-link PHR, usu with brd-neg