Mall

Quick meaning: Mall is a noun meaning An enclosed shopping centre.

Meaning

An enclosed shopping centre.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

Cancel plans just in case you'd call / And say, "Meet me behind the mall"

But playing with the Boy ar Mall, (I rue the Time, and ever shall) I struck the Ball, I know not how

Every day, at about the time the rest of us go to work, groups of retirees gather at many of America′s enclosed shopping malls.

Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall.

Word Forms

• malls
• malling
• malled

Synonyms for mall

Depending on context, synonyms include promenade, center, plaza.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include plaza, center, promenade, supermarket, store, shop.

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