tea leaf

Noun

Meaning

(usually used in the plural) A dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea.

(Cockney rhyming slang) A thief.

tea-leaf (plural tea-leaves)

Alternative spelling of tea leaf

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

tea-leaf

Synonyms

pickpocket burglar poacher cutpurse kleptomaniac tea dacoit footpad embezzler peculator defalcator cracksman

Antonyms

detective police force

Hypernyms

herb

Hyponyms

oolong black tea

Examples

All the food chemists in the system will never do better than evolution at making a decent tea leaf. Daniel Abraham

Assume most heterosexual men are sucky at emotional tea leaf reading. Source: Internet

“Our research confirmed previous evidence that tea leaf extract can be a non-toxic alternative to making quantum dots using chemicals,” said Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu from Swansea University in the UK, who led the study. Source: Internet

Can red tea leaf plant start from cut branch? Source: Internet

More tea leaf reading to be done here, too. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tea kitchen tea lady tea lead tea leaf paradox tea leaves tea light