a device with perforations used to infuse tea in a cup of boiling water
Also called (esp Brit): infuser, tea egg
tea maker in American English
noun
a perforated, spoonlike object used as a tea strainer and having a hinged, convex lid
Word origin
[1835–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crosshead, grandstand, hybridize, placement, squeegee
Examples of 'tea-maker' in a sentence
tea-maker
Because she was a realist, she knew she couldn't go from tea-maker to stockbroker.
Pacter, Trudi YELLOW BIRD
Everyone who worked there, from codebreaker to tea-maker, was forbidden to talk about the work.