Definitions

tearoom

[tee-room, -room] / ˈtiˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

NOUN

café

Synonyms

WEAK

bistro burger joint cafeteria cake shop chophouse coffee bar coffee shop diner eating house grease joint greasy spoon hash house luncheonette lunchroom noshery pit stop quick-lunch snack bar soup house

NOUN

cafe

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bistro cafeteria coffee shop diner

STRONG

chophouse lunchroom

WEAK

coffee bar eating house hash house joint luncheonette noshery pit stop snack bar soup house

NOUN

coffee shop

Synonyms

STRONGEST

coffee bar coffeehouse

WEAK

café coffee room coffee-seller java shop tea shop

NOUN

diner

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bistro booth coffee shop saloon

STRONG

automat canteen concession dump eatery facility grill lunchroom

WEAK

café chuck wagon eating house fast-food outlet greasy spoon hash house ice-cream parlor lunch counter lunch wagon mess hall quick-lunch sandwich shop snack bar

Example Sentences

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He and supportive cabinet ministers worked the tearoom.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios was delivering strawberries to a tearoom in Little Tokyo when Border Patrol agents massed nearby where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025

Here’s one: The first tarot reading I ever received occurred at a famous occult shop and tearoom in New Orleans.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

On a drizzly January morning, a group of friends are catching up over coffee in a tearoom just a stone's throw from Shakespeare's birthplace in the centre of the historic Warwickshire town.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2023

While I was still on my first cup of tea, the young lady I had been watching and listening to in the choir came into the tearoom.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

tearoom

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