high tea

noun

substantial early evening meal including tea

• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain

• Hypernyms: ↑dinner

* * *

noun

Britain : a meal served between five and six o'clock usually with meat, salad, stewed fruit, cakes or cookies, and with tea

* * *

Brit.

a late afternoon or early evening meal similar to a light supper.

[1825-35]

* * *

high tea noun

An early-evening meal comprising a hot dish followed by cakes, etc and tea

• • •

Main Entry: ↑high

————————

high tea

An early-evening meal with tea and eg meat, eggs, fish, or a savoury dish

• • •

Main Entry: ↑tea

* * *

high tea UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [singular high tea plural high teas] british old-fashioned

a small meal served in the late afternoon

Thesaurus: types of meal_hyponym

* * *

high tea,

British. a tea at which meat is served, usually later than the ordinary tea.

* * *

n. Brit. a meal eaten in the late afternoon or early evening, typically consisting of a cooked dish, bread and butter, and tea

* * *

noun, pl ⋯ teas [count, noncount]

chiefly Brit : an early evening meal at which tea and often cold meat and sandwiches are usually served

* * *

ˌhigh ˈtea [high tea] noun (BrE)

a meal consisting of cooked food, bread and butter and cakes, usually with tea to drink, eaten in the late afternoon or early evening instead of dinner