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- [mawl; British also mal]
- /mɔl; British also mæl/
- /mɔːl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mawl; British also mal]
- /mɔl; British also mæl/
Definitions of mall word
- noun mall Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building. Compare shopping center. 1
- noun mall a large area, usually lined with shade trees and shrubbery, used as a public walk or promenade. 1
- noun mall Chiefly Upstate New York. a strip of land, usually planted or paved, separating lanes of opposite traffic on highways, boulevards, etc. 1
- noun mall the game of pall-mall. 1
- noun mall the mallet used in the game of pall-mall. 1
- noun mall the place or alley where pall-mall was played. 1
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Origin of mall
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
1635-45; the Mall, a fashionable tree-lined promenade in 18th-century London, where originally the game pall-mall was played; see mell2
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Parts of speech for Mall
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mall popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mall usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mall
noun mall
- shopping center — a group of stores within a single architectural plan, supplying most of the basic shopping needs, especially in suburban areas.
- plaza — a public square or open space in a city or town.
- market — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- mart — a cow or ox fattened for slaughter.
- shopping mall — mall (def 1).
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