bazaar

«bazaar» in Mova's school dictionary: A market, especially in the Middle East or South Asia… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a bazaar, bazaars)

meaning for a pupil

1) A market, especially in the Middle East or South Asia, with many small shops and stalls in a street or covered area. tree →

2) A sale held to raise money for a school, church or charity, also called a fete or fair. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and history lessons it describes busy markets in places such as Istanbul, Cairo or Delhi. In school and church life, a bazaar or Christmas bazaar is a fundraising sale with cakes, toys and crafts. Phrases: "Christmas bazaar", "the Grand Bazaar", "a church bazaar".

examples

• The bazaar was full of spices, carpets and lamps. tree →
• The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul has thousands of shops. tree →
• Our school holds a Christmas bazaar every December. tree →
• Mum baked cupcakes for the church bazaar. tree →
• We bargained for a bag at the bazaar. tree →
• The bazaar raised enough money for new library books. tree →
• There all the people were in the bazaars, buying and selling. tree →

note

Spelled with double z and double a: b-a-z-a-a-r. Do not confuse with "bizarre" (very strange), which sounds similar. Countable: a bazaar, bazaars.

In the corpora

• The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul was started in the 1450s and is one of the oldest and biggest covered markets in the world.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bazaar» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.