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MART

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up

Synonyms:

market; market place; marketplace; mart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mart" is a kind of...):

mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store; sales outlet (a place of business for retailing goods)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mart"):

agora; public square (a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece)

bazaar; bazar (a street of small shops (especially in Orient))

food market; grocery; grocery store; market (a marketplace where groceries are sold)

market square; open-air market; open-air marketplace (a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold)

slave market (a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War))

agora (the marketplace in ancient Greece)

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