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Mall Bre Shopping Teenagers Hanging Noun Mɔːl Mæl

Word mall
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / mɔːl / BrE / mæl /
Example
  • let's go to the mall.
  • some teenagers were hanging out at the mall.
  • the website is a virtual shopping mall.
  • they hit the mall for a wild shopping spree.
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mall

(noun)BrE / mɔːl / BrE / mæl /
  1. a large building or covered area that has many shops/stores, restaurants, etc. inside it
    • compare arcade
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/arcade
    • Let's go to the mall.
    • Some teenagers were hanging out at the mall.

    Extra Examples

    • The website is a virtual shopping mall.
    • They hit the mall for a wild shopping spree.
    • They reported him to mall security.
    • They spend a lot of time at the mall.
    • teenagers hanging out at the mall
    • ‘Where’d you get those earrings?’ ‘At the mall.’
    • Let’s go to the mall.

    Word Origin

    • mid 17th cent.: probably a shortening of pall-mall, a 16th and 17th cent. game. The current sense dates from the 1960s.
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