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Meaning of "boot sale" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BOOT SALE

boot sale  [buːt seɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOOT SALE

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Boot sale is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOOT SALE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

boot sale

Car boot sale

Car boot sales or boot fairs are a form of market in which private individuals come together to sell household and garden goods. They are popular in the United Kingdom, where they are often referred to simply as 'car boots'. The term refers to the selling of items from a car's boot. Although a small proportion of sellers are professional traders selling goods, or indeed browsing for items to buy, most of the goods on sale are used personal possessions. Car boot sales are a way of attracting a large group of people in one place to recycle useful but unwanted domestic items that otherwise might have been thrown away. Car boot sales generally take place in the summer months. However, in a growing trend, indoor boot sales and all year hard-standing outdoor boot sales are now appearing in some parts of the UK. Items for sale are extremely varied, including for example antiques and collectables, as in a flea market. Car boot sales are also very popular in parts of Australia, and have a growing presence in mainland Europe.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOOT SALE


assail
əˈseɪl
foresail
ˈfɔːˌseɪl
headsail
ˈhɛdˌseɪl
mainsail
ˈmeɪnˌseɪl
marseille
mɑːˈseɪl
parasail
ˈpærəˌseɪl
presale
ˈpriːseɪl
resale
ˈriːˌseɪl
sail
seɪl
sale
seɪl
staysail
ˈsteɪˌseɪl
supersale
ˈsuːpərˌseɪl
topsail
ˈtɒpˌseɪl
wassail
ˈwɒseɪl
wholesale
ˈhəʊlˌseɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOOT SALE

boot
boot boy
boot camp
boot money
boot polish
boot topping
boot tree
boot-cut
boot-faced
boot-scraper
bootable
bootblack
booted
bootee
bootery
booth
booth-babe
Boothia Peninsula
boothose

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOOT SALE

at wholesale
auction sale
bill of sale
car boot sale
car-boot sale
charity sale
clearance sale
clearing sale
close-out sale
closing-down sale
closing-out sale
electronic point of sale
fire sale
garage sale
house sale
jumble sale
no sale
point of sale
rummage sale
white sale
yard sale

Synonyms and antonyms of boot sale in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «boot sale» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOOT SALE

Find out the translation of boot sale to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of boot sale from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «boot sale» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

启动销售
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

venta de arranque
570 millions of speakers

English

boot sale
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बूट बिक्री
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التمهيد بيع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

продажа загрузки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

venda de inicialização
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বুট বিক্রয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vente de démarrage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jualan but
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Boot- Verkauf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブート販売
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부팅 판매
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Boot sale
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bán khởi động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துவக்க விற்பனை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बूट विक्री
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çizme satışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

boot sale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sprzedaż butów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

продаж завантаження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vânzare de boot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πώληση εκκίνησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boot te koop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

start försäljning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

støvel salg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of boot sale

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOOT SALE»

The term «boot sale» is regularly used and occupies the 75.651 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about boot sale

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QUOTES WITH «BOOT SALE»

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Frank Carson
Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOOT SALE»

Discover the use of boot sale in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to boot sale and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Boot Sale Murder
When Bert Blackaby fails to turn up at the bootsale to hand Ros Green the laptop she has paid for, she is angry but when he is found murdered, and she is questioned by the police, she knows she must find the real murderer quickly.
Anna Bradley, 2006
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Time Out 2012 Things to Do in London
Battersea Park School, Battersea Park Road, SW11 5AP. Open 11.30am-5pm Sun. Capital Car Boot Sale Faye Marriott's chichi car boot attracts a youthful crowd. Not everything's a designer find (though we've heard rumours of Mulberry and ...
Editors of Time Out, 2011
3
Buy and Sell Cars for Profits:
If any of yourjewellery cost you more than £50 then it should not be worn to a boot sale. The purpose of boot sale shopping is finding unique products are great prices. As soon as a stallholder spots your two-thousand pound watch, your buying ...
V.T., 2014
4
Cities and Consumption
The car boot sale is characterised by its lack of the fixtures and trappings of permanent forms of retailing, such as display stands, racks, mannequins, lights, music, and so forth. The car boot sale is reliant on altogether more impromptu ...
Mark Jayne, 2006
5
Mental Health
Day of the boot sale! 06:15am – What does the o stand for? OHHH my god it's early!! Boot sales. I do love a good boot sale, I usually get around alot when the weather's better, mainly for buying, but I have sold at boot sales more times than I  ...
Jack Bennington, 2011
6
Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture
Car-boot sales require vendors to have access to a car, which works both as the means to transport goods to the site of sale and as the fixture for displaying goods for sale. Thus, once at a car- boot sale, the car-boot (trunk), bonnet (hood),  ...
Dale Southerton, 2011
7
The Atheists Guide to Heaven and Hell and Other Short Stories
I initially started my car boot addiction when I was twenty-six years old and ever since my first "Bootie" (fan club's affectionate name for a car boot sale), I have this burning desire to ask this question. Why, in all these years of visiting said car ...
Charlie Marx, 2007
8
The Chambers Dictionary
... drink or illegally made recordings). — Also v/. — - adj made or sold illicitly - bootlegger: bootlegging (/(//bootless without boots. boot licker a toady ( ' 'S boot lick: also .•• boot lie'- ing. bootmaker: boot making; boot sale same as car boot sale ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
9
Economic Geographies: Circuits, Flows and Spaces
This is a space of exchange constructed by 'consumers', supposedly the subordinates to retail capital and its representatives, a space which captures the notion of 'festive life' (Gregson and Crewe, 1997). s As such, the car boot sale forms a ...
Ray Hudson, 2005
10
Spare Time Dollars:
You may not have much advance notice of this unless you are involved with the organization that sets up the boot sale. There may just be a small advertisement in your newspaper (buried among hundreds of others), a scrawled note pinned to  ...
John Williams

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOOT SALE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term boot sale is used in the context of the following news items.
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Taser found for sale at car boot sale
A Batley man, 26, was arrested after police found the suspected weapon in a car at the Dewsbury Rams car boot sale off Owl Lane in Shaw ... «Batley News, Jul 15»
2
Car boot sale drives up funds for charities
Sledmere House Stately Car boot Sale 2015 - Teachers and ... 100 stalls were on offer at the Sledmere Stately Home Charity Car Boot Sale. «Driffield Today, Jul 15»
3
After the prototype PlayStation: six more obscure games consoles
... machine that either died at the prototype stage or collapsed shortly after release. Here are six more to look out for at your next car boot sale. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Fundraiser for Sankey woman Suzanne Shipley
HEAD to the Tim Parry Community Centre on Cromdale Way on Sunday for a Frozen invasion fun day and car boot sale. Claire Shipley has ... «Warrington Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Bramley United car boot sale
Bramley United car boot sale is on this Sunday 5th July. Seller's 11:45 - Buyer's 12:15. It's £6 to sell and free entry for buyers plus free parking on the pitch. «Salisbury Journal, Jul 15»
6
St Mary's car boot sale
ST Mary's will be holding a car boot sale on 29 August, so make some cash out of your unwanted goods by reserving a pitch. The sale will take ... «East Grinstead Online, Jul 15»
7
I've a house full of stuff I no longer need … how do I get rid of it?
A car boot sale How to junk all that unwanted stuff … car boot sales are too much like hard work. Photograph: Guardian. Saturday 4 July 2015 ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Car boot sale set to raise funds for community radio station
“As part of our continued efforts to fund raise for AIR 107.2, we are holding a brand new regular car boot sale at Westfield Arts College every Sunday from 2pm ... «Dorset Echo, Jun 15»
9
Hot Rod car stolen from car boot sale
Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a distinctive Hot Rod car was stolen from a car boot sale Hemswell earlier this month. «Gainsborough Standard, Jun 15»
10
Shoppers pick up bargains at car boot sale
Shoppers flocked to a car boot sale in Pocklington looking for a bargain or two. The event, on Sunday (21 June), was held by Pocklington ... «Pocklington Post, Jun 15»

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