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Definition of high tea noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

high tea

noun
 
/ˌhaɪ ˈtiː/
 
/ˌhaɪ ˈtiː/
[countable, uncountable] (British English)
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  1. 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 compare afternoon tea, cream teaTopics Cooking and eatingc2
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adverb
 
 
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