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
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a good plaza should have a movie house
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they spent their weekends at the local malls
• Syn: ↑plaza, ↑mall, ↑center, ↑shopping center, ↑shopping centre
• Hypernyms: ↑mercantile establishment, ↑retail store, ↑sales outlet, ↑outlet
• Part Meronyms: ↑food court
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noun, pl ⋯ malls [count]
chiefly US : a large building or group of buildings containing many different stores : ↑mall
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= ↑mall
Useful english dictionary. 2012.