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mall
a large retail complex; area used as a public walk
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mall
(môl)n.
1. A large, often enclosed shopping complex containing various stores, businesses, and restaurants usually accessible by common passageways.
2. A street lined with shops and closed to vehicles.
3. A shady public walk or promenade.
4. Chiefly Upstate New York See median.
[After The Mall in London, England, originally a pall-mall alley.]
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mall
(mæl; mɔːl)n
1. (Human Geography) a shaded avenue, esp one that is open to the public
2. (Commerce) US and Canadian and Austral and NZ short for shopping mall
[C17: after The Mall, in St James's Park, London. See pall-mall]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
mall
(mɔl; Brit. also mæl for 4 )n.
1. a large retail complex containing stores and restaurants in adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
2. an urban street lined with shops and closed off to motor vehicles.
3. a large area with shade trees used as a public walk or promenade.
4. a strip of land separating two roadways.
5. pall-mall.
[1635–45; by ellipsis from pall-mall]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() esplanade - a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore |
2. | ![]() food court - an area (as in a shopping mall) where fast food is sold (usually around a common eating area) mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods |
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mall
noun shopping centre, arcade, shopping mall, shopping precinct, strip mall (U.S.) I plan to pay a visit to the mall.
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مَرْكِز تِجاري
nákupní středisko/areál
butikscenter
parduotuvių rajonas pėstiesiems
tirdzniecibas centrs
nakupovalno središče
kapalı alışveriş merkezi
mall
[mɔːl] (US) [mæl] NCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mall
n (US: also shopping mall) → Einkaufszentrum nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mall
(moːl) noun (also shopping mall) a shopping centre in which traffic is usually not allowed.
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