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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmɔːl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/mɔl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(môl; Brit. also mal)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mall /mɔl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a large area with many shops and restaurants in nearby buildings or in a single large building.
  2. a city street lined with shops and closed off to motor vehicles.
  3. a large area with shade trees used as a public walk.
  4. a strip of land separating two roadways.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mall  (môl; Brit. also mal),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building. Cf. shopping center. 
  2. a large area, usually lined with shade trees and shrubbery, used as a public walk or promenade.
  3. Dialect Terms[Chiefly Upstate New York.]a strip of land, usually planted or paved, separating lanes of opposite traffic on highways, boulevards, etc.
  4. Gamesthe game of pall-mall.
  5. Gamesthe mallet used in the game of pall-mall.
  6. Gamesthe place or alley where pall-mall was played.
  • 1635–45; by ellipsis from pall mall; see mell2

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mall /mæl; mɔːl/ n
  1. a shaded avenue, esp one that is open to the public
  2. US Canadian Austral NZ
    short for shopping mall
Etymology: 17th Century: after The Mall, in St James's Park, London. See pall-mall
'Mall' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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