• noun:   a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes

  Example: "An Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"

• noun:   dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea

  Example: "The store shelves held many different kinds of tea"

• noun:   a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

  Example: "Iced tea is a cooling drink"

• noun:   a reception or party at which tea is served

  Example: "We met at the Dean's tea for newcomers"

• noun:   a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves

  Example: "Tea has fragrant white flowers"

• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #15973)

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