[mawl; Brit. also mal] 
| 1. | Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building. Compare shopping center. |
| 2. | a large area, usually lined with shade trees and shrubbery, used as a public walk or promenade. |
| 3. | Chiefly Upstate New York. a strip of land, usually planted or paved, separating lanes of opposite traffic on highways, boulevards, etc. |
| 4. | the game of pall-mall. |
| 5. | the mallet used in the game of pall-mall. |
| 6. | the place or alley where pall-mall was played. |
| shopping mall n.
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