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

The retailer opened its first store there in 2000 in Bluewater shopping center in Kent, expanding to nine doors overall. — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

The woman fled the scene, but a police helicopter spotted her car and followed it to a Sherman Oaks shopping center parking lot, where the suspect was apprehended about a half-hour following the 911 call. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026

Three 16-year-olds are being charged as adults following an armed carjacking at a Towson shopping center Sunday night, Baltimore County police said. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Ancho & Agave has closed in the Summit Fair shopping center — 860a NW Blue Valley Parkway in Lee’s Summit. — Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 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