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Afternoon Tea

Definition: Afternoon Tea

Afternoon Tea

Noun

1. (British) a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Afternoon Tea

Synonyms: tea (n), teatime (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Afternoon Tea

English words defined with "afternoon tea": tea table. (references)

Modern Usage: Afternoon Tea

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Afternoon Tea on Board S.S. 'Doric' (1898)

How a Rat Interrupted an Afternoon Tea (1897)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Afternoon Tea

Domain	Title
Books	Afternoon Tea Serenade (Menus and Music) (reference) The Book of Afternoon Tea (reference) Afternoon tea serenade : recipes from famous tea rooms, classical chamber music (reference) Teatime Treats: Recipes to Enjoy With Afternoon Tea (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: Afternoon Tea

Familiar Quotations: Afternoon Tea

Author	Quotation
Henry James	Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Afternoon Tea

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
afternoon tea	91
afternoon tea recipe	23
english afternoon tea	11
afternoon tea party	10
afternoon tea in london	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Afternoon Tea

Language		Translations for "afternoon tea"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		nachmittagstee. (various references)

Hungarian		uzsonna (bait, high-tea, snack), teadélután (the). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		お八つ (afternoon refreshment, between meal snack, mid-day snack), お八 (afternoon refreshment, between meal snack, mid-day snack), 御八つ (afternoon refreshment, between meal snack, mid-day snack). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おやつ (afternoon refreshment, between meal snack, mid-day snack). (various references)

Manx		tey beg, mrastyr beg (afternoon snack, lunch). (various references)

Pig Latin		afternoonay eatay.(various references)

Serbo-Croatian		popodnevi čaj. (various references)

Turkish		ikindi kahvaltısı (high tea, tiffin). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Afternoon Tea

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-f-n-n-o-o-r-t-t"
	-3 letters: afternoon, annotator.
	-4 letters: annotate, anteater, fattener, rotenone.
	-5 letters: annatto, arnatto, arnotto, enteron, entrant, entreat, fronton, neonate, oftener, ratafee, ratteen, rattoon, tannate, tenoner, ternate.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern

5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Expressions: Internet

9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography

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