mall
mawl
- n a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- n 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
they spent their weekends at the local malls
- At the Mall of America, the number of international visitors has jumped 10% this year, according to Doug Killian, associate director of tourism at the mall.
- As alderman, Soglin supported a proposal to turn the city's State Street into a pedestrian mall.
- A QUIET PLACE: On a recent Saturday, a man reads under a fake tree at Golden Resources Mall in Beijing Beijing's golden resources mall ought to be a shopper's paradise.