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{
"term": "mall",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a large building or covered area that has many shops, restaurants, etc. inside it",
"labels": "(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(North American English, informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Let's go to the mall."
},
{
"text": "Teenagers would go hang at the mall after school."
},
{
"text": "Check out **outlet malls** *(= ones which sell goods at reduced prices)* and discount stores for good deals."
},
{
"text": "The friends were shopping at a mall in Columbus."
},
{
"text": "They hit the mall for a wild shopping spree."
},
{
"text": "‘Where'd you get those earrings?’ ‘At the mall.’"
},
{
"text": "They reported him to mall security."
},
{
"text": "The website is a virtual shopping mall."
},
{
"text": "He operates phone repair kiosks in malls in Florida, Georgia and Virginia."
},
{
"text": "Shoppers are flocking to Dubai's huge malls and supermarkets."
}
],
"topics": ["Shopping", "Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["shopping", "strip", "outlet"],
"verb + mall": ["hit", "visit", "hang out at"],
"mall + noun": ["store", "parking lot", "food court"],
"preposition": ["at the mall"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/mɔːl//mæl/",
"audio": "ma/mall/mall__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/mɔːl/",
"audio": "ma/mall/mall__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: probably a shortening of pall-mall, a 16th and 17th cent. game. The current sense dates from the 1960s."
}