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BAZAAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sale of miscellany; often for charity
Example:
the church bazaar
Synonyms:
bazaar; fair
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bazaar" is a kind of...):
cut-rate sale; sale; sales event (an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bazaar"):
book fair; bookfair (bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause)
craft fair (a fair at which objects made by craftsmen are offered for sale)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A shop where a variety of goods are sold
Synonyms:
bazaar; bazar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bazaar" is a kind of...):
shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A street of small shops (especially in Orient)
Synonyms:
bazaar; bazar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bazaar" is a kind of...):
market; market place; marketplace; mart (an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up)