strip mall
- a retail complex consisting of stores or restaurants in adjacent spaces in one long building, typically having a narrow parking area directly in front of the stores.
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Origin of strip mall
First recorded in 1990–95
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Related Words
arcade, plaza, mall, bazaar, emporium, fair, market, marketplace, mart, piazza, agora, galleriaExamples from the Web for strip mall
Contemporary Examples
He went back for him the following day, stabbing him in a strip-mall parking lot.
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New Jersey evokes a more suburban, strip-mall variety of cattiness, with press-on nails in place of claws.