milk tea

noun

A beverage containing a combination of milk and tea.

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bubble tea
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Meanings

nounmilk tea (countable and uncountable, plural milk teas)

plural milk teas

  1. countableuncountableA beverage containing a combination of milk and tea.
  2. countableuncountableSynonym of bubble tea.

    Mom calls us hun xuer, mixed blood. Dad says we're more like boba milk tea—the best of both cultures.

    2022, Kelly Yang, New from Here, page 80
    1 more example

    Because it did not offer a classic black milk tea, we ordered an osmanthus oolong milk tea ($7.49) with tapioca.

    2026 August 15, Irene Adeline Milanez, “We tasted boba from some of the Bay Area’s most popular chains. Here’s our No. 1”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2026

    Synonyms: bubble tea

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of bubble tea.

Similar
bubble tea
Also see
bubble tea

Translations

Bulgarian чай с мляко
  • чай с мляко (čaj s mljako)beverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Chinese Cantonese 奶茶
  • 奶茶 (naai⁵ caa⁴)beverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Chinese Mandarin 奶茶
  • 奶茶 (nǎichá)beverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Finnish maitotee
  • maitoteebeverage containing a combination of milk and tea
French thé au lait
  • thé au laitbeverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Indonesian teh susu
  • teh susubeverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Japanese ミルクティー
  • ミルクティー (miruku tī)beverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Korean 밀크티
  • 밀크티 (milkeuti)beverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Polish herbata z mlekiem
  • herbata z mlekiembeverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Russian чай с молоко́м
  • чай с молоко́м (čaj s molokóm)beverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Swahili chai ya maziwa
  • chai ya maziwabeverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Thai ชานม
  • ชานม (chaa-nom)beverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Turkish sütlü çay
  • sütlü çaybeverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Ukrainian чай з молоко́м
  • чай з молоко́м (čaj z molokóm)beverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Vietnamese trà sữa
  • trà sữabeverage containing a combination of milk and tea
Cite this entry
APA

milk tea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk%20tea

MLA

“milk tea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk%20tea. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “milk tea,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk%20tea.

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