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mall

[ mawl; British also mal ]

noun

  1. 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. Compare shopping center.
  2. a large area, usually lined with shade trees and shrubbery, used as a public walk or promenade.
  3. Chiefly Upstate New York. a strip of land, usually planted or paved, separating lanes of opposite traffic on highways, boulevards, etc.
  4. the game of pall-mall.
  5. the mallet used in the game of pall-mall.
  6. the place or alley where pall-mall was played.


mall

/ mÉ”Ël; mæl /

noun

  1. a shaded avenue, esp one that is open to the public
  2. short for shopping mall
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mall1

1635–45; the Mall, a fashionable tree-lined promenade in 18th-century London, where originally the game pall-mall ( def ) was played; mell 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mall1

C17: after The Mall, in St James's Park, London. See pall-mall
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"These events are inclusive, welcoming, you can shop in your PJs, and there's no need to head to the shopping mall," says Ms Krakora.

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Caruso attributed the Village’s survival to the hard work of private firefighters, the water tenders they brought in and the fire-resistant materials used in the mall’s construction.

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The man was shot at the intersection of La Brea Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard, home to the busy West Hollywood Gateway mall.

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The area is home to the West Hollywood Gateway mall, which houses a Target, Best Buy and other stores.

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Thomas did not commit the thefts himself, but worked with numerous converter thieves whom he would meet in strip malls and motel parking lots to purchase the stolen goods, prosecutors said.

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