mall
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.
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How to use mall in a sentence
A late-August Morning Consult survey found that only 36% of consumers were willing to visit a shopping mall in the next 2 – 3 months.
A Corona Xmas: Why physical stores will power online shopping this holiday season | Greg Sterling | September 4, 2020 | Search Engine LandIn February, Macy’s said it would close its underperforming stores in the weakest US malls and explore ways to expand beyond malls.
Simon bought fast-fashion purveyor Forever 21 out of bankruptcy earlier this year along with Authentic Brands and another large mall owner, Brookfield Property Partners.
America’s Largest Shopping Mall Owner Gets a New Tenant: Itself | Daniel Malloy | August 20, 2020 | OzySuddenly Hangzhou’s 10 million residents were all required to show a green code to take the subway, shop for groceries, or enter a mall.
Inside China’s unexpected quest to protect data privacy | Tate Ryan-Mosley | August 19, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewAlmost all the public spaces, starting with the malls and pharmacies, still require masks.
How Mongolia has kept the coronavirus at bay | Tate Ryan-Mosley | August 18, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Your general reaction runs along the lines of: “When will these geezers give it up and go for a mall walk or something?”
They had to go to the bazaar -- as the mall was then called -- and buy them.
The figure enters the elevator and is then seen quickly leaving the mall, black cloth flapping behind it.
Middle East Murder Mystery: Who Killed an American Teacher in Abu Dhabi? | Chris Allbritton | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSomeone dressed as an Emirati woman killed an American teacher in a mall bathroom.
Middle East Murder Mystery: Who Killed an American Teacher in Abu Dhabi? | Chris Allbritton | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTContrary to what you may assume about me, I actually enjoy the occasional trip to the mall.
The first wounded mall who appealed for help was sitting with his back against a dead comrade.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)The shrill notes of the trumpets sounded louder and louder, and a brilliant cavalcade appeared at the end of the mall.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueA promenade called the mall, shaded by lofty trees, bounds Pont Brillant on the south.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueAn old servant woman ushered them into the parlour, which was on the second floor, with windows overlooking the mall.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueWhen at last she drew up the glass and her chair was borne away down the mall, he sauntered idly in the opposite direction.
The Rake's Progress | Marjorie Bowen
British Dictionary definitions for mall
/ (mæl, mɔːl) /
a shaded avenue, esp one that is open to the public
US, Canadian, Australian and NZ short for shopping mall
Origin of mall
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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