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

It was supposed to replace slums and blight and create new buildings, but the North End got a strip mall, cinderblock buildings and nothing. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026

These days there are fewer stately homes and more strip malls. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026

Here in this alt-world Albuquerque, 2D creatures coexist with mundane strip malls. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

The fatal shooting Saturday night at a store in a strip mall near the Interstate 65 and Indiana 2 interchange in unincorporated Lowell is believed to have started with a domestic argument, police said. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 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