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# mall

«mall» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large building or group of buildings with many shops…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a mall, malls)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A large building or group of buildings with many shops, restaurants and sometimes a cinema, often with a car park (shopping mall). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mall/#m1)

2) (UK) A long, wide street or path for walking, often with trees (The Mall in London). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mall/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life in the USA, Canada and Australia, families go «to the mall» to shop, eat and meet friends; the UK and Ireland also say «shopping centre». In safety lessons: agree on a meeting point if you get separated; if you are lost, ask a shop worker or security guard with a name badge, not a random stranger. In maths problems, malls appear in money and discount problems. Phrases: shopping mall, at the mall, go to the mall, food court.

### examples

- We went to the mall to buy new shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mall/#x1)
- The mall has a food court and a cinema. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mall/#x2)
- If you get lost in the mall, ask a shop assistant for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mall/#x3)
- Let's meet at the fountain in the middle of the mall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mall/#x4)
- The mall is very busy before the holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mall/#x5)
- In London, The Mall leads to Buckingham Palace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mall/#x6)
- We bought a book at the mall for 12 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mall/#x7)

### note

Pronounced MAWL (US) or MAL/MAWL (UK). Mostly American; British English often says «shopping centre». Safety tip: pick a meeting place when you arrive.

### In the corpora

- [On escalators in malls you hold the rail and never run up the down escalator.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mall» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mall/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.