strip mall

noun

: a long usually one-story building or group of buildings housing several adjacent retail stores or service establishments

Examples of strip mall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That flooded the lobby of the plasma center and caused the other businesses in the strip mall to be evacuated. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

While other states used their share of the federal EV charging money to install plugs along highways, at truck stops and strip malls, Florida sat on the funds for years. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

Wandering through a strip mall while completing AI training modules for his job, Ricky hears a recording of another human describing the same sort of disjointed thinking. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 July 2026

The series films on location next to one of Gerben’s father’s real-life tire shops; Gillis purchased and built out the store next door, turning a Pennsylvania strip mall half into a Hollywood set. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for strip mall

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale