food market
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1.1
- noun
- /fuːd ˈmɑrkɪt/
:
mercado de alimentos
- Drew runs through an open-air food market, picking his way through flipping fish, dead frogs, and all kinds of fruits and vegetables.
- retail food market
And I was in what was then the legal food market, fish market.
- And I was in what was then the legal food market, fish market.
- And you can only use those vouchers at local food markets where you tend to get cheap vegetables.
- And four supermarkets control the food market.
Examples
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Small white lights entwined in the trees and colorful banners flying off the food market create a carnival effect.
Fiction book (1994) -
The Boston food market began to provide an outlet for local production toward the end of the seventeenth century.
Academic text (1995) -
And I was in what was then the legal food market, fish market.
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However, you could make your way to a food market and just eat the free samples.
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You know the fresh food market over on Ninth Avenue?
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This is Les Halles, the wholesale food market.
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Additionally, lack of access to affordable, healthy food choices in neighborhood food markets can be a barrier to purchasing healthy foods.
Blog text (26) -
Honest Weight Food Co-op and Chatham Real Food Market sell these wheat seeds in the bulk sections.
Blog text (18) -
One grandfather recalled working in a local food market for ten cents an hour, while another remembered using coupons to buy shoes and selling notions door-to-door.
Academic text (1991) -
I buy fresh vegetables and fruits each week at the local food market.
Synonyms
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A place where people buy and sell food and other items
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A shop that sells food and household items
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A shop that sells food and other everyday items
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A large store where you buy food and household items
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4.1
A place with many shops or stalls where people buy and sell goods
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1.8
An open area or building in a town where people buy and sell goods
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A shop that sells ready-to-eat meals and other food
An open town area where people meet to buy and sell goods
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a market where food is sold' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'food' (substance consumed) with 'market' (place for buying goods); this is a straightforward noun+noun compound with no idiomatic shift. Equivalent constructions exist in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Food market comes from the simple idea of a place where food is sold at a market. That's why it means 'a market or store where food and groceries are sold to the public'.