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
Synonyms:
- shopping-centre
- center
- plaza
- shopping-center
- shopping-mall
- marketplace
- market
- shopping arcade
- shopping complex
- mart
- shopping plaza
- promenade
- square
- concourse
- arcade
verb
To build up with the development of shopping malls.
Wiktionary
(informal) To shop at the mall.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Mall
Noun
Singular:
mallPlural:
mallsOrigin of Mall
After The Mall in London, England, originally a pall-mall alley
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French mail
From Wiktionary
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