shopping mall

noun

: mall sense 3

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People dine in a Haidilao hot pot restaurant in a shopping mall complex in Beijing on March 13, 2025. — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 Russia has also turned its sights on Ukrainian shopping malls, supermarkets and gas stations in recent months. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 The attacks came a day after a Russian strike on a Ukrainian shopping mall that killed 16 people and wounded more than 130 others. — CBS News, 22 Aug. 2026 Security guards are often the first people to respond when something goes wrong in an office building, hospital, hotel, shopping mall, college, entertainment or sporting venue. — Rick Pozniak, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shopping mall

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of shopping mall was in 1950

Rhymes for shopping mall

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“Shopping mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20mall. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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