/mɔːl/
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Translation
A large building with many shops inside it.
Word origin
Short for shopping mall, named after The Mall, a tree-lined walk in London, which took its name from pall-mall, an old ball game played there.
- Origin
- Italian
- Root
- pallamaglio
Grammar
Gender
Pluralmalls
Examples
.
A mall holds many shops under one roof.
shopping .
People often say "shopping mall" in full.
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Here "the mall" means the whole building of shops.
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