mall

Meaning

Noun

1. (Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, countable, uncountable) A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
2. (countable, uncountable) An enclosed shopping centre.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
4. (countable, uncountable) A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
5. (countable, uncountable) A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The game of polo.
7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall.

Verb

1. to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
2. to build up with the development of shopping malls
3. (informal) to shop at the mall

Synonyms

shopping center

shopping mall

shopping centre

plaza

center

promenade

hammer

🔨

beetle

🪲

emporium

gavel

knob

mallet

market

maul

pedestrian precinct

pedestrian zone

mart

green way

parkway

shopping center

shopping centre

forum

centre

road

🛣️

shop

business center

bazaar

shopping district

alley

shopping precinct

store

walk

🚶

shopping arcade

pedestrian mall

bazzar

alameda

selling place

lane

shopping plaza

uphand sledge

marketplace

Translations

Einkaufszentrum

centre commercial

εμπορικό κέντρο

shopping center

centre d’achat

shopping

centro commerciale

zone piétonnière

viale

isola pedonale

مَرْكَز تَسَوِّق

Markt

pezodromos

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɔːl/

Etymology

Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.

Sentences

It is predominantly a one-story mall .