mall

  • 31mall — noun Etymology: short for obsolete pall mall mallet used in pall mall Date: 1644 1. an alley used for pall mall 2. [The Mall, promenade in London, originally a pall mall alley] a. a usually public area often set with shade trees and designed as a …

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  • 32mall — /mawl/; Brit. also /mal/, n. 1. Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large… …

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  • 33mall — [mal, mɔ:l, mɒl] noun 1》 a large enclosed shopping area from which traffic is excluded. 2》 a sheltered walk or promenade. 3》 historical another term for pall mall.     ↘a pall mall alley. Origin C17 (in sense 3): prob. a shortening of pall mall;… …

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  • 34mall — mạll 〈Adj.〉 1. 〈Mar.〉 gedreht (Wind) 2. 〈nddt.〉 von Sinnen, verrückt, töricht * * * mạll, malle <Adj.> [aus dem Niederd. < mniederl. mal = töricht, närrisch, H. u.]: 1. (Seemannsspr.) (vom Wind) umspringend, plötzlich aus einer anderen …

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  • 35MALL — Mal, T cell differentiation protein like, also known as MALL, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: MALL mal, T cell differentiation protein like| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView… …

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  • 36mall — noun we met at the mall to get our ears pierced Syn: shopping center, (shopping) plaza, shopping complex, strip mall, mini mall, galleria, megamall, marketplace …

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  • 37mall — /mɔl / (say mawl), /mæl / (say mal) noun 1. Also, shopping mall. a street or part of a street lined with shops and closed off to traffic. 2. Also, shopping mall. → shopping complex. 3. a shaded walk, usually public. 4. a. the mallet used in the… …

  • 38mall — n. 1 a sheltered walk or promenade. 2 an enclosed shopping precinct. 3 hist. a = PALL MALL. b an alley used for this. Etymology: var. of MAUL: applied to The Mall in London (orig. a pall mall alley) …

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  • 39mall — Maul Maul, n. [See {Mall} a hammer.] A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also {mall}.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 40Mall — 1. Für den im Südwesten Deutschlands häufigen Familiennamen Mall kommt in der Regel eine Ableitung von mda. schwäb. Mall »Kater« infrage. 2. Übername zu mnd. mal »verrückt, seltsam, wunderlich«, mda. (Holstein) »übermütig«, mda. (Franken)… …

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