mall
A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinctA pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
Recorded US: Sylvanmoon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Let's go to the mall tonight.
Пойдём сегодня вечером в торговый центр. — marafon
Ходімо ввечері до тогровельного центру. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 senses(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, countable, uncountable)A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
(countable, uncountable)An enclosed shopping centre.
Einkaufszentrum
торго́вый центрtorgóvyj centr, моллmoll
торго́вий центрtorhóvyj centr
(countable, uncountable)A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
(countable, uncountable)A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The game of polo.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall.
Examples
434 sentencesLet's go to the mall tonight.
Ходімо ввечері до тогровельного центру. — deniko
ruПойдём сегодня вечером в торговый центр. — marafon
Tom went back to the mall.
Том повернувся до торгівельного центру. — deniko
Tom is still at the mall.
Том і досі в торговому центрі. — deniko
Tom went to the mall with Mary.
Том пішов з Мері до торгового центру. — deniko
We decided to go to the mall.
Ми вирішили піти до торгівельного центру. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall malProbably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.
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Forms
plural: mallsSynonyms
7 synonyms- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace:plazacentershopping mallshopping centershopping centrecentre
- a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk:promenade
Word family
23 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- to the mall
- at the mall
- the mall with
- shopping mall
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.