mall en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mɔːl/ shopping centre
- (Australia) audio
- /mɔːl/ (Australia, General-American, New-England, New-Zealand)
- (US) audio
- /mɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /mæl/ other senses
Etymology
Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.
Meanings
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(Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, countable, uncountable) A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
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.
1950 August 15, Philip Hampson, “Field's Plans 15 to 20 Million Shopping Center for Skokie”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, page 1:America′s first pedestrianized shopping mall opened in 1959 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Like most later pedestrian malls, it was intended to revive what everybody thought was a decaying downtown.
2002, Alexander Garvin, The American City: What Works, What Doesn′t, page 179:
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(countable, uncountable) An enclosed shopping centre.
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.
2004, Ralph E. Warner, Get a Life: You Don′t Need a Million to Retire Well, unnumbered page:Cancel plans just in case you'd call / And say, "Meet me behind the mall"
2020, Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, “August”, in Folklore:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
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(countable, uncountable) A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
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.
1820, Robert Southey, The Life of Wesley; and Rise and Progress of Methodism:
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(countable, uncountable) A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
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 […]
1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The game of polo.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall.
But playing with the Boy ar Mall, (I rue the Time, and ever shall) I struck the Ball, I know not how
1675, Charles Cotton, Burlesque upon Burlesque:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| malls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
shopping mall · mall traffic · unmalled · mall walker · cybermall · mallternative · pall-mall · mall rat · mall-goer · mall ninja · supermall · mallification · ghost mall · megamall · mall emo · strip mall · mini-mall · mall shooting · mallcore · mallgoer · minimall · mall shooter · auto mall · mall walking · dead mall · mallgoth · mallsoft · mall cop · mallspeak
Descendants
Translations (72)
th ห้างสรรพสินค้า (enclosed shopping centre) · pt shopping (enclosed shopping centre) · af winkelsentrum (enclosed shopping centre) · ro centru comercial (enclosed shopping centre) · mr मॉल (enclosed shopping centre) · cy rhodfa (public walk ; level shaded walkway) · aii ܩܸܢܛܪܘܿܢ ܫܘܼܩܵܝܵܐ (enclosed shopping centre) · cmn 商場 /商场 (enclosed shopping centre) · aii ܩܸܢܛܪܘܿܢ ܬܹܐܓ݂ܘܼܪܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ (enclosed shopping centre) · vi thương xá (enclosed shopping centre) · fr mail (enclosed shopping centre) · mi whare toatini (enclosed shopping centre) · it centro commerciale (enclosed shopping centre) · fr mail (public walk ; level shaded walkway) · es mol (enclosed shopping centre) · es mall (enclosed shopping centre) · hu bevásárlóközpont (enclosed shopping centre) · zza mêl (diq) (enclosed shopping centre) · tr alışveriş merkezi (enclosed shopping centre) · ko 쇼핑 센터 (enclosed shopping centre) · hi शॉपिंग सेंटर (enclosed shopping centre) · eo butikumcentro (enclosed shopping centre) · fa-ira مَرْکَزِ خَرید (enclosed shopping centre) · bg търго́вски це́нтър (enclosed shopping centre) · nb kjøpesenter (enclosed shopping centre) · ja モール (enclosed shopping centre) · fr mail (alley where the game of pall mall was played) · hu pláza (enclosed shopping centre) · ro mall (enclosed shopping centre) · vi phố đi bộ (pedestrianized street) · mi mōro (enclosed shopping centre) · cmn 購物中心 /购物中心 (enclosed shopping centre) · vi trung tâm thương mại (enclosed shopping centre) · de Einkaufszentrum (enclosed shopping centre) · es shopping (enclosed shopping centre) · ca centre comercial (enclosed shopping centre) · ar مول (enclosed shopping centre) · bg пешехо́дна у́лица (pedestrianized street) · bg але́я (public walk ; level shaded walkway) · ru молл (enclosed shopping centre) · he קַנְיוֹן (enclosed shopping centre) · ga ceantar siopaí (enclosed shopping centre) · fr mail (heavy wooden mallet used in the game of pall mall) · uk торго́вий центр (enclosed shopping centre) · th ห้าง (enclosed shopping centre) · aii ܒܹܝܬ ܬܹܐܓ݂ܘܼܪܬܵܐ (enclosed shopping centre) · es centro comercial (enclosed shopping centre) · tk söwda merkezi (enclosed shopping centre) · fi ostoskeskus (enclosed shopping centre) · ga meal siopadóireachta (enclosed shopping centre) · fr centre commercial (enclosed shopping centre) · vi trung tâm mua sắm (enclosed shopping centre) · ga ionad siopadóireachta (enclosed shopping centre) · ja ショッピングセンター (enclosed shopping centre) · km ផ្សារទំនើប (enclosed shopping centre) · th ศูนย์การค้า (enclosed shopping centre) · eo vendejaro (enclosed shopping centre) · ga meal (enclosed shopping centre) · pt centro comercial (enclosed shopping centre) · acw مول (enclosed shopping centre) · ar مَرْكَز تَسَوِّق (enclosed shopping centre) · mk тр́говски це́нтар (enclosed shopping centre) · cy gordd (heavy wooden mallet used in the game of pall mall) · th ถนนคนเดิน (pedestrianized street) · ar مَرْكَز تِجَارِيّ (enclosed shopping centre) · cmn 步行街 (pedestrianized street) · be гандлёвы цэнтр (enclosed shopping centre) · tr AVM (enclosed shopping centre) · ru торго́вый центр (enclosed shopping centre) · cy canolfan siopa (enclosed shopping centre) · el εμπορικό κέντρο (enclosed shopping centre) · nl winkelcentrum (enclosed shopping centre)