Noun: shopping mall
- 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
"a good shopping mall should have a movie house";
- plaza, mall, center [US], shopping center [US], shopping centre [Brit, Cdn], centre [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: shopping malls
Type of: mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet
Encyclopedia: Shopping mall