Mall Definition

môl, măl
malls
noun
malls
A large, often enclosed shopping complex containing various stores, businesses, and restaurants usually accessible by common passageways.
American Heritage
A large, heavy mallet, used to strike the ball in the game of pall-mall.
Webster's New World
The game itself.
Webster's New World
A lane or alley where the game was played.
Webster's New World
A street for pedestrians only, with shops on each side, and often with decorative plantings, benches, etc.
Webster's New World
verb

To beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise.

Wiktionary
To build up with the development of shopping malls.
Wiktionary

(informal) To shop at the mall.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Mall

Noun

Singular:
mall
Plural:
malls

Origin of Mall

  • After The Mall in London, England, originally a pall-mall alley

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French mail

    From Wiktionary

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