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 open-air shopping center has a grocery store, coffee shop (Java Java), a gourmet deli (The Station), and a grab-and-go beach bodega (The Co-Op). —Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025

While Primark’s traditional stores thrive in city centres and large shopping centers, the home store model could work well in out-of-town, suburban or strip mall locations, where shoppers are accustomed to visiting for big-ticket home and lifestyle purchases. —Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025

Its exterior is unremarkable, tucked into a small shopping center in the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard. —Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025

While the water main was being repaired, traffic was diverted through the nearby Town & Country shopping center and Walgreens parking lots. —Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 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