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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

mall / môl/ • n. 1. (also shopping mall) a large building or series of connected buildings containing a variety of retail stores and typically also restaurants. 2. a sheltered walk or promenade. ∎  (also pedestrian mall) a section of a street, typically in the downtown area of a city, from which vehicular traffic is excluded. 3. hist. another term for the game pall-mall. ∎  an alley used for this.


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