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Mall
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- 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 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 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 a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk wordnet
- 5 An alley where the game of pall mall was played. countable, obsolete, uncountable
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- 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."
- 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 […]"
- 8 The game of polo. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 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"
- 1 to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
- 2 to build up with the development of shopping malls
- 3 to shop at the mall informal
Etymology
Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.
Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.
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