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Meaning of 'mall' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mall [ n.]
- A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
- A heavy blow.
- An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.
- A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.
- 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.
- A court of justice.
- A place where justice is administered.
- A place where public meetings are held.
2 . Mall [ v. t.]
- To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.

Meaning of 'mall' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mall [ n]
Meaning (1):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • a good plaza should have a movie house;
  • they spent their weekends at the local malls

Nearby Words:

mal- mala malabar malacatune malacca malachite malacissant malacissation malacobdella malacoderm

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