mall
[ mawl; British also mal ]
/ mɔl; British also mæl /
noun
Also called shopping mall.
a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
Compare shopping center.
a large area, usually lined with shade trees and shrubbery, used as a public walk or promenade.
Chiefly Upstate New York.
a strip of land, usually planted or paved, separating lanes of opposite traffic on highways, boulevards, etc.
the game of pall-mall.
the mallet used in the game of pall-mall.
the place or alley where pall-mall was played.
Origin of mall
Words nearby mall
malinterdigitation,
malipiero,
maliseet,
malison,
malkin,
mall,
mall rat,
mall walking,
mallam,
mallanders,
mallard
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British Dictionary definitions for mall
mall
/ (mæl, mɔːl) /
noun
a shaded avenue, esp one that is open to the public
US, Canadian, Australian and NZ short for shopping mall
Word Origin for mall
C17: after
The Mall, in St James's Park, London. See
pall-mall