shopping center

noun

: a group of retail stores and service establishments usually with ample parking facilities and usually designed to serve a community or neighborhood

called also shopping plaza

Examples of shopping center in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In videos obtained by the outlet, people can be seen fleeing a shopping center parking lot as gunshots ring out. — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 2 Aug. 2026

The clinic was, as the fact-checkers noted, located down the street from the shopping center. — Margrét Ann Thors, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026

Vincent told me the buyer plans to finish the project as planned, with 504 residential units, a luxury hotel and a shopping center. — Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

After going 18 years without a grocery store, a new Mercado Fresco, is set to open this fall at the long-vacant Westbrooke Village shopping center on 75th Street and Quivira Road. — Taylor O'Connor 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shopping center

• epicenter
• multicenter
• centre
• enter
• renter
• stentor
• dissenter
• frequenter
• indenter
• inventor
• precentor
• preventer

Kids Definition

shopping center

noun

: a group of retail stores and service establishments usually located in a suburban area and having a large parking lot