teatime n : a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea" [syn: tea, afternoon tea]

English

Noun

teatime

1. In the context of "mostly|UK": the traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal)

Teatime may refer to:

• a "tea break" during which tea may be drunk
• or, more commonly, high tea, Afternoon Tea or just Tea, a mid-afternoon or early evening meal - see Tea (meal)
• 4pm, as a named time within the at (Unix) command
• Mr. Teatime is a character in the Discworld novel Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, breakfast, brunch, buffet supper, clambake, coffee break, cookout, diner, dinner, elevenses, fish fry, high tea, hot luncheon, lunch, luncheon, mash, meat breakfast, petit dejeuner, picnic, supper, tea, tea break, tiffin, wiener roast, wienie roast