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# bazaar

noun (a bazaar, bazaars)

«bazaar» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A market, especially in the Middle East or South Asia, with many small shops and stalls in a street or covered area. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bazaar/#m1)
2. A sale held to raise money for a school, church or charity, also called a fete or fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bazaar/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and history lessons it describes busy markets in places such as Istanbul, Cairo or Delhi. In school and church life, a bazaar or Christmas bazaar is a fundraising sale with cakes, toys and crafts. Phrases: "Christmas bazaar", "the Grand Bazaar", "a church bazaar".

### Examples

- The bazaar was full of spices, carpets and lamps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bazaar/#x1)
- The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul has thousands of shops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bazaar/#x2)
- Our school holds a Christmas bazaar every December. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bazaar/#x3)
- Mum baked cupcakes for the church bazaar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bazaar/#x4)
- We bargained for a bag at the bazaar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bazaar/#x5)
- The bazaar raised enough money for new library books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bazaar/#x6)
- There all the people were in the bazaars, buying and selling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bazaar/#x7)

### Note

Spelled with double z and double a: b-a-z-a-a-r. Do not confuse with "bizarre" (very strange), which sounds similar. Countable: a bazaar, bazaars.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bazaar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bazaar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bazaar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bazaar.html) on Mova free.