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mall.

A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɔːl//mæl//mɔːl/Australia, General-American, New-England, New-Zealand/mɑl/cot-caught-merger
  1. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.

    Australia · Canada · New-Zealand · US · countable · uncountable
  2. An enclosed shopping centre.

    countable · uncountable
  3. An alley where the game of pall mall was played.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  4. A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.

    countable · uncountable
  6. The game of polo.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  7. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

verb/mɔːl//mæl//mɔːl/Australia, General-American, New-England, New-Zealand/mɑl/cot-caught-merger
  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

    informal
Where this word comes from

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

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