Mall

//mɔːl// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, countable, uncountable

    "The preliminary plans provide for one million square feet of selling space in three main buildings and a double row of shops along a central shopping mall."

  2. 2
    mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace wordnet
  3. 3
    An enclosed shopping centre. countable, uncountable

    "Every day, at about the time the rest of us go to work, groups of retirees gather at many of America′s enclosed shopping malls."

  4. 4
    a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk wordnet
  5. 5
    An alley where the game of pall mall was played. countable, obsolete, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade. countable, uncountable

    "Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall."

  2. 7
    A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall. countable, uncountable

    "I also fell slightly; but his fall proving a severe one, he arose in wrath, and struck me with the mall which he held in his hand, until my blood flowed copiously […]"

  3. 8
    The game of polo. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. 9
    An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "But playing with the Boy ar Mall, (I rue the Time, and ever shall) I struck the Ball, I know not how"

Verb
  1. 1
    to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
  2. 2
    to build up with the development of shopping malls
  3. 3
    to shop at the mall informal

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.

Etymology 2

Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.

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