Words / B1

TEEB-ag/ˈtiː bæɡ/

A tea bag (id: tea-bag) is a small bag of tea leaves that you put in a cup or pot. Loose tea is leaves without a bag; a teabag is the same item written as one word. Staff rooms: tea bags are for tea, not for a science practical.

Meaning

A small bag of tea leaves that you put in a cup or pot.

Examples

• “Tea bags in the staff room are for tea; they are not for the science practical.”
• “A used tea bag goes in food waste if the council collects it, not in the sink.”

Good to know

a tea bag (also teabag). Contrast: loose tea. Staff rooms / canteens. Countable bags. Mix-up: a bag of tea in a supermarket is a packet of bags.

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