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mall

Pronunciation: /mɔːl/

The English word “mall” has 10 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
  2. An enclosed shopping centre.
  3. An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
  4. A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
  5. A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
  6. The game of polo.
  7. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall.

verb

  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

Etymology

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

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