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tearoom.

A café which serves tea, usually with light food.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtiˌɹum/General-American
  1. A café which serves tea, usually with light food.

  2. A public lavatory.

    euphemistic · slang
  3. A public lavatory. A meeting place for gay men.

    US · dated · euphemistic · slang
  4. A room in a workplace set aside for tea breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc; a break room.

    Australia
Where this word comes from

From tea + room. In reference to a lavatory, probably as a variant of t-room (“toilet room”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.