curb market
- noun
- US
:
mercado al aire libre
- Local farmers sell their produce at the curb market every weekend.
Examples
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The local curb market opens every Saturday morning.
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The curb market offers fresh vegetables and flowers at affordable prices.
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She enjoys browsing handmade crafts at the city curb market.
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Many vendors sell fresh produce at the curb market.
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Local farmers sell their produce at the curb market every weekend.
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She enjoys browsing handmade crafts at the city curb market.
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The curb market offers fresh vegetables and flowers at affordable prices.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people buy and sell food and other items
37
2.3
An outdoor market where people sell used things like clothes or furniture
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1.8
An open area or building in a town where people buy and sell goods
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1.6
A market that takes place outdoors where stalls sell food and other goods
An outdoor place where people sell food and crafts
How Organized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an informal market on sidewalks/curbs' is directly and compositionally derived from 'curb' (edge of a sidewalk) + 'market' (place where goods are sold): the first noun modifies the second to indicate location, a common and predictable compound pattern in English. Although 'Curb' can also be a proper name in financial contexts, the literal spatial interpretation is the default reading and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Curb market comes from the picture of sellers putting goods on the sidewalk curb and selling directly to people. So curb market means an 'informal outdoor market' where sellers sell from the curb.