English Explanatory Dictionary

mall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
  2. An enclosed shopping centre.
  3. An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
  4. A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
  5. A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
  6. The game of polo.
  7. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall.
verb
  1. to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
  2. to build up with the development of shopping malls
  3. to shop at the mall

Pronunciation

/mɔːl/ /mæl/ en-us-mall.ogg en-au-mall.ogg /mɑl/

Word forms

mall malls malling malled

Etymology

Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.

Derived words

cybermall dead mall ghost mall mall cop mallcore mall emo mallgoer mall-goer mallgoth mallification mall ninja mall rat mall shooter mall shooting mallsoft mallspeak mallternative mall traffic mall walker mall walking megamall mini-mall minimall pall-mall shopping mall strip mall supermall unmalled
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