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

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Now customers from the old Chevron on Loop 820 are finding their way to 1201 Oakland Blvd., in a shopping center just north of Interstate 30. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2025 One sponsor, Body Fit Carmel Valley (located in Torrey Corner shopping center), offered a free workout class. Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025 Dick’s looked at trying to reconfigure its store in the Orland Park Place shopping center on La Grange Road south of the mall, but that site didn’t work, Corno said. Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025 At the corner of a Sacramento-area shopping center are two businesses that make the perfect pair for a budget-friendly outing. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for shopping center

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shopping center was in 1898

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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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
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