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wet market

American  

[wet mahr-kit] / ˈwɛt ˈmɑr kɪt /

noun

1. (especially in China and Southeast Asia) a usually open-air market selling perishable food, as meat, seafood, vegetables, and fruit, and often live animals slaughtered on-site.

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Etymology

Origin of wet market

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Others are more lighthearted, like how to shop at a wet market or how to feed the Gods.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2023

Restaurant worker Dong went to a wet market in central Beijing around lunchtime on Thursday, but did not buy anything.

From Reuters • Aug. 10, 2023

Those who support the leak theory have noted the WIV is just 40 minutes from the Huanan wet market, where the first cluster of Covid infections emerged late in 2019.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2023

The virus was initially blamed on a wet market in Wuhan.

From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2023

There’s a very good chance, an analysis found, that it came from animals in a Wuhan wet market.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2023