shopping mall meaning

Definition of shopping mall

1. 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
   • a good plaza should have a movie house
   • they spent their weekends at the local malls

   Synonyms: plaza, mall, center, shopping center, shopping centre

   Type of: mercantile establishment

shopping mall in a sentence

• A new shopping mall opened on the edge of town.
• He was spotted in the shopping mall ten minutes ago.
• Where's the nearest shopping mall?
• They usually went to the shopping mall on Monday.
• The police followed Dan into a shopping mall.

How to pronounce shopping mall

shopping mall is pronounced /ˈʃɒpɪŋ mɔːl/ in British English and /ˈʃɑpɪŋ mɔl/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.