tea whisk

noun

A kitchen utensil shaped and used like a shaving brush but typically made of bamboo rather than badger hair and manipulated above matcha to dissolve it and make it foam.

Similar
chasenmatcha whiskchaxian
OriginJapanese 茶筅 →
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Meanings

nountea whisk (plural tea whisks)

plural tea whisks · alternative tea-whisk · alternative teawhisk

  1. A kitchen utensil shaped and used like a shaving brush but typically made of bamboo rather than badger hair and manipulated above matcha to dissolve it and make it foam.

    Synonyms: chasen, matcha whisk, chaxian

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kitchen utensil shaped and used like a shaving brush but typically made of bamboo rather than badger hair and manipulated above matcha to dissolve it and make it foam.

Similar
chasenmatcha whiskchaxian
Also see
chasenchaxianmatcha whisk

Origin

  1. Japanese茶筅
  2. Englishtea whisk

Calque of Japanese 茶筅 (chasen).

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Translations

Finnish teevispilä
  • teevispiläutensil for tea
German Teebesen, Matchabesen
  • Teebesenutensil for tea
  • Matchabesenutensil for tea
Japanese 茶筅
  • 茶筅 (chasen)utensil for tea
Russian бамбу́ковый ве́нчик, ве́нчик для ма́тча
  • бамбу́ковый ве́нчик (bambúkovyj vénčik)utensil for tea
  • ве́нчик для ма́тча (vénčik dlja mátča)utensil for tea
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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