green market
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- noun
- /ɡrin ˈmɑrkɪt/
- US
:
mercado ecológico
- Visiting the green market is a great way to find seasonal produce and connect with the community.
Examples
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Green markets, farmers' markets, fresh markets, wet markets—whatever you call them, these are the places that make Walmart, Tesco, and other supermarket chains look like crimes against cuisine.
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I first tried this recipe a few summers ago, looking for interesting ways to use up our gooseberries from the local green market.
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I've been buying quite a few punnets at the green market, and picking even more at the PYO farms.
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Green Market customers bring the organics in plastic bags that are consolidated into larger garbage bags and placed in 55-gallon barrels.
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Every Saturday, I buy fresh vegetables at the local green market to support local farmers.
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The green market offers a wide variety of organic fruits and vegetables directly from the producers.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people buy and sell food and other items
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2.3
An outdoor market where people who grow food sell fresh fruit and vegetables directly to customers
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A market where local farmers sell fresh fruit and vegetables directly to people
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A shop or market that sells food and groceries
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A market that takes place outdoors where stalls sell food and other goods
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An outdoor market where farmers sell fresh fruits and vegetables directly
An outdoor place where people sell food and crafts
How Local
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'market for environmentally friendly goods and services' is directly and transparently composed from 'green' (environmental/sustainable) and 'market' (place or sector for buying and selling), so a learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning. This adjectival-noun composition is common cross-linguistically and follows standard semantic composition, making it accessible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Green market comes from open-air stalls where farmers sell fresh fruit and vegetables. The word green points to the plants and fresh produce and market is the place to buy, so it means 'to buy fresh farm products'.