Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large, often enclosed shopping complex containing various stores, businesses, and restaurants usually accessible by common passageways.
- noun A street lined with shops and closed to vehicles.
- noun A shady public walk or promenade.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A heavy hammer or club of any sort; especially, a heavy wooden hammer used by carpenters. Compare
mallet and beetle, 1. - noun A war-hammer or martel-de-fer.
- noun The head or striking part of a war-hammer or martel-de-fer.
- noun The blunt or square projection of such a hammer, as distinguished from the beak on the opposite side of the handle: this blunt end was often divided into four, six, or more blunt points or protuberances.
- noun An old game played with a wooden ball in a kind of smooth alley boarded in at each side, in which the ball was struck with a mallet in order to send it through an iron arch called the pass, placed at the end of the alley.
- noun The mallet with which this game was played; also, the alley in which it was played.
- noun [⟨ mall, verb] A blow.
- noun A court: same as mallum, mallus.
- noun A public walk; a level shaded walk.
- To beat, especially with a mall or mallet; bruise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
- noun obsolete A heavy blow.
- noun An old game played with
malls or mallets and balls. SeePall-mall . - noun A place where the game of
mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk. - noun A public access area containing a promenade for pedestrians.
- noun The paved or grassy strip between two roadways.
- noun A shopping area with multiple shops and a concourse for predominantly or exclusively pedestrian use; in cities the concourse is usually a city street which may be temporarily or permamently closed to motor vehicles; in suburban areas, a mall is often located on a convenient highway, may be large, contained in one building or in multiple buildings connected by (usually covered) walkways. Also called
shopping mall - noun A court of justice.
- noun A place where justice is administered.
- noun A place where public meetings are held.
- transitive verb To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large heavy wooden
beetle ; amallet for driving anything with force; amaul . - noun A heavy blow.
- noun An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See
pall mall - noun A place where the game of mall was played.
- noun A public walk; a level shaded walk.
- noun US, Australia A
pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. - noun An enclosed shopping centre.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Some of those are rather flattered by the term "mall" – in the same way that shops in India claiming to be "fancy goods stores" sell neither Fabergé eggs nor Brabantia dustbins, but canisters of talcum powder.
Hanging out with India's first real teenagers | Aditya Chakrabortty 2011
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There's something very European about this beautiful urban mall, in the old sense of the word 'mall.'
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On the floor of the mall is a casual replica of Big Ben.
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This beautiful urban mall—in the old sense of the word "mall"—feels very European.
Boston: Culture Pop 2011
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The office in the mall is a good place to ask questions, since the main office (where you take your test) is always packed with people.
Driver's License 2008
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The office in the mall is a good place to ask questions, since the main office (where you take your test) is always packed with people.
Driver's License 2008
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The office in the mall is a good place to ask questions, since the main office (where you take your test) is always packed with people.
Driver's License 2008
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Right smackdab in the middle of the mall is the mail forwarding business.
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Right smackdab in the middle of the mall is the mail forwarding business.
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Right smackdab in the middle of the mall is the mail forwarding business.
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