tearoom

Plural: tearooms

Noun

• A small restaurant primarily serving tea and light meals.
• a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
• A café which serves tea, usually with light food.
• A public lavatory, especially (US, gay slang, dated) as a meeting place for gay men.
• A room in a workplace set aside for tea breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc; a break room.

Examples

• Playing TEAROOM across the double-word score was a delightful linguistic treat.

Synonyms

tea parlor, tea parlour, teahouse, teashop, House of Lords, WC, bathroom, beat, bog, bogger, brasco, can, carsey, cloaca, closet, closet of decency, closet of ease, cludgie, cottage, crapper, dike, dunny, facilities, geography, gingerbread office, house of office, jacks, jacques, jakes, john, johnny, karzy, khazi, kocay, ladies and gentlemen, latrine, lats, lav, lavabo, lavatory, lavvy, loo, necessarium, necessary, necessary place, necessary room, neddy, netty, office, office of ease, place, potty, privy, purging place, restroom, shield, shitter, siege, six, small room, smallest room, tearoom, throne room, thunderbox, toilet, toilet room, urinal, urination station, usual offices, vault, wardrobe, washroom, water closet, withdraught