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Definition of "shopping mall" [shopping mall]

  • An urban shopping area limited to pedestrians. (noun)
  • A shopping center with stores and businesses facing a system of enclosed walkways for pedestrians. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "shopping mall" in a sentence
  • "Cummins recently demonstrated its residential generators at a popular Lagos shopping mall called The Palms and plans to set up a retail outlet in the city's bustling Oregun market."
  • "Another planet, called Jemada, served as the location for a continent-size shopping mall and a family-oriented amusement park."
  • "Bruce Kelley of National Mall Network has used the term to refer to shopping mall environments."