MEANING
A market where vendors sell used goods, inexpensive items, and assorted small wares.
Use it for
Informal trade; bargaining; encounters over discarded possessionsCreate a public setting where objects connect strangers' histories.
Words that belong together
- weekend flea market
- browse a flea market
- flea-market stall
On the page
The flea market brought retired collectors and bargain hunters to the same tables.
She knew the flea market by its regular vendors rather than its official name.
A Saturday flea market transformed the otherwise unused parking area.
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Word forms
- Base
- flea market
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Established compound; not necessarily temporary, outdoors, or entirely secondhand. Social exchange and searching for bargains are characteristic functions. Plural: flea markets. No other inflection applies to this noun.
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