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Metal lined container
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tea chest
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Wikipedia
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A tea chest is a type of wooden case originally produced and used to ship tea to the United Kingdom , Australia and New Zealand . The conventional tea chest is a case with riveted metal edges, of approximate size 500x500x750 millimeters (20x20x30 inches). ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. chest for storing or transporting tea
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tea \Tea\ (t[=e]), n. [Chin. tsh[=a], Prov. Chin. te: cf. F. th['e].] The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree ( Thea Chinensis or Camellia Chinensis ). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context historical English) A standardised box, made of plywood with riveted metal corners, used to transport tea to markets. 2 (context by extension English) A similar sized box made of cardboard, used for transporting and storing household items.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He fell on to the tea chest . ▪ He rested his hand on a cardboard box behind the tea chest and pushed himself up. ▪ In the same tea chest he came across a cube-shaped case made of orange plastic. ▪ On the left, near the end of ...
Usage examples of tea chest.
Coloured glasses were carefully arranged and a silver tea chest and a white cone of sugar were placed beside it.
The glow of saidar immediately surrounded Daigian, though faintly, and a dented tin teapot rose from the table, flows of Fire heating the water as she opened a small brass-bound tea chest.
To begin with, the stones are sent in all sizes and shapes of parcel from matchbox size to crates as big as a tea chest.
She fetched an empty tea chest from the kitchen, upended it and sat down.
Ignatov had finished clearing up and was squatting on a tea chest near the grandfather clock, watching Schrenk, not understanding a word but listening to the sharp dry sibilants that cut through the silence.
There was a rough wooden table and chair, an old metal filing cabinet and an old tea chest up-ended to make a crude table which was scattered with little metal cups, a battered silver coffee pot and an earthenware bowl full of fruit.
On the farther side of the room a tea chest had been up-ended to serve as a display plinth.