mall
/mɔːl/ · noun
Meaning
- A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
- An enclosed shopping centre.
- An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
- A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
- A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
- The game of polo.
- To beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
- To build up with the development of shopping malls
- To shop at the mall
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