pink tea

== English == === Etymology === From pink (“pale red; (rare) fashionable, smart”) +‎ tea (“drink made by infusing dried leaves or buds of the tea plant in hot water; light midafternoon meal”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɪŋk ˈtiː/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɪŋk ˈti/ Rhymes: -iː === Noun === pink tea (countable and uncountable, plural pink teas) (countable, US) (historical) A fashionable formal tea party or other social gathering; specifically, one organized and attended chiefly by women to discuss matters of suffrage, raise funds for charity, etc. (by extension) Any exclusive social gathering. (figuratively, chiefly in the negative, also attributive) Something (as an event or policy) excessively polite and refined; specifically, one regarded as ineffective and weak. Synonym: tea party (uncountable, India, Pakistan) A hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour, made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk. Synonyms: Kashmiri tea, noon chai Coordinate term: red tea ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === noon chai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia