Shopping / A2

MORL/mɔːl/

A mall is a large indoor shopping centre: a shopping mall, the food court in the mall, mall opening hours. Shopping centre is the British cousin (often with the same meaning). Market is usually outdoor stalls. Maul is a different word (attack). Do not write mall when you mean mill, or small.

Meaning

A large indoor shopping centre with many shops.

Examples

• “We met at the mall because it was raining.”
• “The mall has a chemist and a phone shop on the ground floor.”
• “We waited in the mall until the rain stopped.”

Good to know

a shopping mall / mall hours. British cousin: shopping centre. Mix-up: mill.

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