mall

/mɔːl/
nounverb

A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.

  2. An enclosed shopping centre.

  3. A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.

  4. A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.

Verb 3 meanings

  1. to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise

  2. to build up with the development of shopping malls

  3. to shop at the mall

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.

MALL at a glance

MALL has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (M 3 + A 1 + L 1 + L 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,312 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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