(a) a stand on which cups, saucers, plates, etc. are placed for use at tea; (b) a stall at which tea is sold.

= tea-service n., tea-things n.

A type of tray, esp. a small wooden tea tray. Cf. tea-board, n. Now historical and rare.

(plural) the articles used for serving tea at table, as teapot, milk-jug, sugar-basin, cups, saucers, plates, etc., together forming a tea-set n. or t…

A tea-tray, esp. a wooden one.

vessels, etc. for serving tea, tea-things.

A tray on which tea-things are placed.

a set of articles used in serving tea at table; a set of tea-things.

a ladle for serving tea.

†(a) an East Indiaman used to carry cargoes of tea (obsolete); (b) = tea-trolley n. above.

(a) a ship engaged in the tea-trade; (b) a tea-stand with two or more shelves or ‘decks’.

A porcelain tea, coffee, etc., service sometimes accompanied by a small table or tray.

A quilted covering placed over a teapot to retain the heat; more fully, tea-cosy. A similar covering to keep an egg warm, an egg-cosy.

an insulated chamber in which heated food or drink may be placed to continue cooking or to keep warm.

(attributive use of the noun.) Of or pertaining to a tête-à-tête; consisting of or attended by two persons; tête-à-tête set, a tea-set for two.

a basket containing the requisites for afternoon tea in a railway train or the like.

attributive and in other combinations, as tea-pot stand.

a tea-trolley.

a trolley (sense 2c) for conveying tea-things.