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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

/ mɔːl; 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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51Թ 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mall1

C17: after The Mall, in St James's Park, London. See pall-mall
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Los Angeles developer Wayne Ratkovich embarked on an ambitious makeover that included removing the roof of the mall and cutting out much of the main floor to create a sunken, sunlight-filled public plaza.

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A majority of clothing retailers, malls and grocery stores will remain open on Good Friday but check ahead for closures and store hours for Easter Sunday.

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Elk Grove police assisted Kern County officials and were able to find Naval in his car at a strip mall near his home with the missing child.

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They can be found in bars, fancy hotel lobbies, coffee shops, malls and other businesses.

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Caruso, a billionaire mall mogul, said through a spokesperson that he is “wholly focused” on rebuilding work through his nonprofit Steadfast LA — and has yet to make any decision about his political future.

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