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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mall /mɔl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a large area with many shops and restaurants in nearby buildings or in a single large building.
- a city street lined with shops and closed off to motor vehicles.
- a large area with shade trees used as a public walk.
- a strip of land separating two roadways.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mall (môl; Brit. also mal),USA pronunciation n. - 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. Cf. shopping center.
- a large area, usually lined with shade trees and shrubbery, used as a public walk or promenade.
- Dialect Terms[Chiefly Upstate New York.]a strip of land, usually planted or paved, separating lanes of opposite traffic on highways, boulevards, etc.
- Gamesthe game of pall-mall.
- Gamesthe mallet used in the game of pall-mall.
- Gamesthe place or alley where pall-mall was played.
- 1635–45; by ellipsis from pall mall; see mell2
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mall /mæl; mɔːl/ n - a shaded avenue, esp one that is open to the public
- US Canadian Austral NZ
short for shopping mall
Etymology: 17th Century: after The Mall, in St James's Park, London. See pall-mall |