From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtea breakˈtea break noun [countable] British EnglishDMEAL a short pause from work in the middle of the morning or afternoon for a drink, a rest etc SYN coffee break
Examples from the Corpus
tea break• And you even get a tea break without a floating plastic fly in the cup or a plate of rubber biscuits.• We have no official tea break but sometimes one of us goes out and gets tea for the others.• It was during the tea break that Meredith began to feel agitated again.• During the tea break, I was able to chat with the doctor for a few minutes.• Only at the end of the tea break did it reappear again without a guard.• When the tea break comes everybody rushes to the model, holding their cups over the plan. 