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

More about Perimeter Woods shopping center’s new owner DLC owns five other shopping centers in North Carolina, with one in the Charlotte region at Pavilion At King’s Grant in Concord, according to the company’s website. — Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026

The destruction has been particularly severe in Caracas and the neighboring coastal state of La Guaira, where hundreds of buildings have collapsed or suffered major structural damage, including residential towers, apartment complexes, shopping centers and public infrastructure. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026

These cameras are also in use at government buildings, parking facilities, toll roads, warehouses, factories and shopping centers. — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026

Costco opted to open a gas station only in a shopping center that hugs the 5 freeway at Oso Parkway. — Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 25 June 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