tearoom

Meaning

1. A café which serves tea, usually with light food.
2. (euphemistic, slang) A public lavatory, especially (US, gay slang, dated) as a meeting place for gay men.
3. (Australia) A room in a workplace set aside for tea breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc; a break room.

Synonyms

teahouse

teashop

tea parlor

tea parlour

tea room

tea arbour

lounge

brothel

tea arbor

Translations

salon de thé

Teestube

salón de té

τσαγερί

المقهى

salon

chashitsu

sala da tè

foyer

saló de te

Teezimmer

Stube für Teezeremonie

Etymology

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