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

Someone won the $1 million prize for matching five numbers from a quick pick ticket purchased at the Sunrise Key Food Fresh supermarket in the University Plaza shopping center at 8251 Sunset Strip. —Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025

The space will be 15,000 square feet, in the former Northern Tool at the Oak Park Commons shopping center (across from Oak Park Mall). —Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025

Walker and Glover were also formally barred from the Walmart shopping center for two years. —Christopher Harris, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025

Shopping included locations of gift shops, shopping centers, toy stores, hobby shops, candy stores, chocolatiers, cards and stationary stores and placed to buy holiday decorations or use a holiday decorating service. —Irene Wright, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shopping center

• epicenter
• multicenter
• centre
• enter
• renter
• stentor
• tenter
• dissenter
• 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