"wet market" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "\"... derived from the markets' wet floors which are caused by the melting of ice used to ensure the freshness of seafood sold and by stall holders who routinely clean their stalls by spraying them with water. The term 'wet markets' came into common usage [in Singapore] in the early 1970s when the Singapore government used the term to distinguish these markets from air-conditioned 'supermarkets' that had become popular ....\" Tan, Alvin (2013). Wet Markets. Singapore: National Heritage Board. Community Heritage Series II. P. 3.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wet markets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wet market (plural wet markets)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Undetermined quotations with omitted translation",
          "parents": [
            "Quotations with omitted translation",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1978 July 13, “Frozen fish: Fear of profiteering at 'wet' markets”, in The Straits Times, Singapore",
          "text": "The Trade Department is reluctant to introduce the sale of frozen fish in 'wet' markets for fear of profiteering by hawkers. There is also fear that some hawkers may thaw the fish and sell it as fresh.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A market selling fresh meat, fish and produce."
      ],
      "id": "en-wet_market-en-noun-OeLPboGS",
      "links": [
        [
          "market",
          "market"
        ],
        [
          "fresh",
          "fresh"
        ],
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "dry market"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gaai¹ si⁵",
          "sense": "market",
          "word": "街市"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "market",
          "word": "菜市場"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "càishìcháng, càishìchǎng",
          "sense": "market",
          "word": "菜市场"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "market",
          "word": "pasar basah"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phsaasaəm",
          "sense": "market",
          "word": "ផ្សារសើម"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "wet market"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wet market"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "\"... derived from the markets' wet floors which are caused by the melting of ice used to ensure the freshness of seafood sold and by stall holders who routinely clean their stalls by spraying them with water. The term 'wet markets' came into common usage [in Singapore] in the early 1970s when the Singapore government used the term to distinguish these markets from air-conditioned 'supermarkets' that had become popular ....\" Tan, Alvin (2013). Wet Markets. Singapore: National Heritage Board. Community Heritage Series II. P. 3.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wet markets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wet market (plural wet markets)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dry market"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Undetermined quotations with omitted translation",
        "Undetermined terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1978 July 13, “Frozen fish: Fear of profiteering at 'wet' markets”, in The Straits Times, Singapore",
          "text": "The Trade Department is reluctant to introduce the sale of frozen fish in 'wet' markets for fear of profiteering by hawkers. There is also fear that some hawkers may thaw the fish and sell it as fresh.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A market selling fresh meat, fish and produce."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "market",
          "market"
        ],
        [
          "fresh",
          "fresh"
        ],
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "wet market"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gaai¹ si⁵",
      "sense": "market",
      "word": "街市"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "market",
      "word": "菜市場"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "càishìcháng, càishìchǎng",
      "sense": "market",
      "word": "菜市场"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "market",
      "word": "pasar basah"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phsaasaəm",
      "sense": "market",
      "word": "ផ្សារសើម"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wet market"
}