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shopping mall

American  

noun

  1. mall.

  2. a shopping center.


shopping mall British  

noun

  1. a large enclosed shopping centre

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of shopping mall

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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He has meanwhile launched another series on YouTube, "The Oldest View", which follows the exploration of an abandoned subterranean shopping mall.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Investigators went to a local high school, where one of the teens was a student, as well as a shopping mall where the car had been tracked.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The 24,000-square-foot building was erected in 1965 by shopping mall pioneer and developer Ernest Hahn to serve as his corporate headquarters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

How Taylor Swift saved a dying shopping mall.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

I bought this the day before at a shopping mall.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

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