tearoom
noun
- establishment that serves tea
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtiˌɹum/
noun
Etymology: From tea + room. In reference to a lavatory, probably as a variant of t-room (“toilet room”).
- A café which serves tea, usually with light food.
“At Rannoch, the platforms were rebuilt. Although the station tearoom couldn't be reached by rail during the closure, which started on October 5, it did help feed and sustain the workforce.”
- A public lavatory.
- A public lavatory.
“I'm deathly afraid of the tearooms though, John. Some of my best friends have been entrapped and busted by the fuzz.”
“I had run into Grant in a tea-room—The busy main floor crapper—a few months earlier.”
- A room in a workplace set aside for tea breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc; a break room.