tea bag

A form of teabag — A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.

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Meanings

nountea bag (plural tea bags)

plural tea bags

  1. alternativeAlternative form of teabag.

    Making a cup of tea wasn’t an easy task in this household. The kettle had been taken away by the hard-faced men, and the family were too poor to afford tea bags or milk.

    2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “All Bag and No Tea”, in Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 99
verbtea bag (third-person singular simple present tea bags, present participle tea bagging, simple past and past participle tea bagged)

present singular third person tea bags · participle present tea bagging · participle past tea bagged · past tea bagged

  1. alternativeAlternative form of teabag.

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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