bazaar
A bazaar is a market that has rows and rows of little shops selling miscellaneous stuff — like tube socks, velvet paintings, and corn on the cob.
Bazaar is originally a Persian word, and means "marketplace" all over the Middle East. The word was picked up by the Italians, and spread through Europe and into English. At a bazaar in Istanbul, you'd find food, electronics, clothes — useful stuff. In English, we tend to use bazaar for something closer to a flea market. Although they sound alike, bazaar has no relation to bizarre (the super weird).
Definitions of bazaar
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a street of small shops (especially in the Orient)
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synonyms:
bazar
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type of:
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market, market place, marketplace, mart
an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
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market, market place, marketplace, mart
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a shop where a variety of goods are sold
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a sale of miscellany; often for charity“the church bazaar”
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synonyms:
fair
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types:
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book fair, bookfair
bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause
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craft fair
a fair at which objects made by craftsmen are offered for sale
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type of:
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cut-rate sale, sale, sales event
an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
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book fair, bookfair
Commonly confused words
bazaar / bizarre
Bazaar and bizarre might sound alike but a bazaar is a market and bizarre describes something kooky. There could be a bizarre bazaar run by monkeys selling people feet.
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