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mall Definition

mall (môl, mäl)

noun

  1. Archaic
    1. a large, heavy mallet, used to strike the ball in the game of pall-mall
    2. Etymology: < pall-mall

      the game itself
    3. a lane or alley where the game was played
  2. a shaded walk or public promenade
    1. a street for pedestrians only, with shops on each side, and often with decorative plantings, benches, etc.
    2. a completely enclosed, air-conditioned shopping center like this
  3. a median strip

Etymology: var. of maul, esp. assoc. in 17th c. with (pall)-mall

mall Synonyms

mall

n.

  1. Pedestrian area

    court, walk, lane; see lawn, park 1, road 1.

  2. Shopping center

    shopping plaza, plaza, shopping arcade, shopping complex, market, marketplace, mart.

mall Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • outrun: Where state laws outrun the mall to bat for new york state.
  • enclose: In 10 minutes we're at St. Enoch shopping center, Glasgow's biggest enclosed mall.
  • shop: The annoying thing was that nearly all the buildings looked like they might be shopping malls.
  • visit: Some of our company visit the mall 4 times.
  • enter: Entering the main hospital mall, the facility is located in the first corridor on the left.

Adjective modifier

  • out-of-town: Our planning policies would curtail the spread of out-of-town malls.
  • air-conditioned: Britain's first air-conditioned shopping mall opened in North London, at Brent Cross, in the 1970s.
  • suburban: S brought to where international teams to suburban malls on tribune co.
  • covered: To the western edge is Queensway with the popular High Street shopping and covered mall called Whitley's.
  • indoor: You'll find all the major high street names either in the pedestrianized shopping area or the modern indoor shopping mall.
  • pedestrian: Telford has a large indoor pedestrian shopping mall with extensive parking.

Modifies a noun

  • rat: Downtown fashionistas and suburban mall rats are biting on the idea big time.
  • quot: Mall development quot to the same feet to million loaded with grade.
  • shopping: The Mall on the Web The best online mall shopping on the web is on ' The Mall on the Web ' .
  • parking: News ) A man was shot to death Saturday in a mall parking lot following an argument over citizens band radio, police said.

Noun used with modifier

  • shopping: There are also plenty of shopping malls in which to flex your credit card muscle.
  • second-tier: Folks who are known that simon by second-tier malls particularly interested in.
  • outlet: Come away from your outlet malls, nature calls.
  • strip: Lenders are usually available locally and are most often found near strip malls or smaller establishments.
  • designer: For keen shoppers, the designer malls are nearby.

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