noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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2
noun
Meaning 2
An enclosed shopping centre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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3
noun
Meaning 3
An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
The game of polo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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7
noun
Meaning 7
An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 8
to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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9
verb
Meaning 9
to build up with the development of shopping malls
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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10
verb
Meaning 10
to shop at the mall
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 11
mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a good plaza should have a movie house
they spent their weekends at the local malls
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plaza, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre
