'Mall' definitions:
Definition of 'mall'
From: WordNet
noun
A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk [syn: promenade, mall]
noun
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" [syn: plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre]
Definition of 'Mall'
From: GCIDE
- Mall \Mall\ (m[add]l; 277), n. [Written also maul.] [OE. malle, F. mail, L. malleus. Cf. Malleus.]
- 1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A heavy blow. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall. --Cotton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk. [1913 Webster]
- Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mall'
From: GCIDE
- Mall \Mall\ (m[add]l), n.
- 1. A public access area containing a promenade for pedestrians; as, to gather near the Washington monument on the mall in Washington. [PJC]
- 2. The paved or grassy strip between two roadways. [PJC]
- 3. A shopping area with multiple shops and a concourse for predominantly or exclusively pedestrian use; in cities the concourse is usually a city street which may be temporarily or permamently closed to motor vehicles; in suburban areas, a mall is often located on a convenient highway, may be large, contained in one building or in multiple buildings connected by (usually covered) walkways. Also called shopping mall [PJC]
Definition of 'Mall'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Mall'
From: GCIDE
- Mall \Mall\ (m[a^]l), n. [LL. mallum a public assembly; cf. OHG. mahal assembly, transaction; akin to AS. m[ae][eth]el, me[eth]el, assembly, m[=ae]lan to speak, Goth. ma[thorn]l market place.] Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly. Hence: (a) A court of justice. (b) A place where justice is administered. (c) A place where public meetings are held. [1913 Webster]
- Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or malls, ceased. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mall'
From: GCIDE
- Maul \Maul\, n. [See Mall a hammer.] A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mall'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alameda,
- beaten path,
- beaten track,
- berm,
- bicycle path,
- boardwalk,
- bridle path,
- catwalk,
- esplanade,
- fastwalk,
- foot pavement,
- footpath,
- footway,
- garden path,
- groove,
- hiking trail,
- parade,
- path,
- pathway,
- prado,
- promenade,
- public walk,
- run,
- runway,
- rut,
- sidewalk,
- towing path,
- towpath,
- track,
- trail,
- trottoir,
- walk,
- walkway