tearoom

Meaning

Noun

• A café which serves tea, usually with light food.
• A public lavatory, particularly as a meeting place for homosexual men.
• A room in a workplace set aside for tea breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc.; a break room.

Related

Similar words

• See teahouse

Origin

• From tea + room. In reference to a lavatory, probably as a variant of t-room ("toilet room").