"street market" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: street markets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} street market (plural street markets)
  1. A temporary public market, normally set up outdoors on certain days of the week, often, but not always, in a street. Sometimes they can be found in a car park or in a market square. Categories (topical): Shops Translations (outdoor market): λαϊκή (laïkí) [feminine] (Greek), gatemarked [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), gatemarknad [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), feria [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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