Mall, The

1. a straight road in central London that connects Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square. Whenever there is a royal wedding, funeral, or similar occasion, the royal family travels slowly along it, and many people come to watch. ⇒ compare Pall Mall

2. a park in Washington, D.C., which is surrounded by the Washington Monument and several famous museums, including the Smithsonian Institution. It is used for picnics, games, and concerts.

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I. mall S3 W3 /mɔːl, mæl $ mɒːl/ noun [countable] especially American English
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: mall 'long path used for playing a game called "pall-mall"' (17-19 centuries)]
a large area where there are a lot of shops, usually a covered area where cars are not allowed Synonym : shopping centre:
Let’s meet at the mall and go see a movie.
a huge new shopping mall ⇒ strip mall

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II. ˈshopping mall (also mall) noun [countable] especially American English
a group of shops together in one large covered building

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Mall, The

1. a straight road in central London that connects Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square. Whenever there is a royal wedding, funeral, or similar occasion, the royal family travels slowly along it, and many people come to watch. ⇒ compare Pall Mall

2. a park in Washington, D.C., which is surrounded by the Washington Monument and several famous museums, including the Smithsonian Institution. It is used for picnics, games, and concerts.

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shop especially British English, store especially American English a building or place where things are sold:
She's gone to the shops to get some milk.
a clothes shop
Our local store has sold out of sugar for making jam.
boutique a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects:
a little boutique which specializes in bath products.
superstore British English a very large shop, especially one that is built outside the centre of a city:
Out -of-town superstores have taken business away from shops in the city centre.
department store a very large shop that is divided into several big parts, each of which sells one type of thing, such as clothes, furniture, or kitchen equipment:
He went around all the big department stores in Oxford Street.
supermarket (also grocery store American English) a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes:
Supermarkets have cut down the number of plastic bags they distribute by 50%.
salon a shop where you can get your hair washed, cut curled etc
garden centre British English, nursery especially American English a place that sells a wide range of plants, seeds, and things for your garden:
Your local garden centre can advise you on which plants to grow.
outlet formal a shop that sells things for less than the usual price, especially things from a particular company or things of a particular type:
The book is available from most retail outlets.
market an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things:
I usually buy our vegetables at the market – they're much cheaper there.
mall especially American English a large area where there are a lot of shops, especially a large building:
A new restaurant has opened at the mall.
We used to hang around together at the mall.
strip mall American English a row of shops built together, with a large area for parking cars in front of it:
Strip malls can seem rather impersonal.

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