strip mall

noun

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

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The restaurant is in a strip mall with Great Clips and Chinatown Kitchen. Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 18 Oct. 2025 Tiny but mighty FreshCo Fish in a Kendall strip mall. Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025 Asked by audience members about a property not under his control — the Midway Marketplace strip mall where Cub Foods recently closed — McGuire said he was not intimately involved with the site, which is largely owned by Kraus-Anderson. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025 The film’s greatest feat isn’t its wobbly characterizations, but its setting — the stretches of strip malls and chain businesses that make up most of America but rarely get showcased onscreen so thoughtfully. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for strip mall

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of strip mall was in 1977

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“Strip mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20mall. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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