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SHOPPING CENTRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Example:
they spent their weekends at the local malls
Synonyms:
center; mall; plaza; shopping center; shopping centre; shopping mall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shopping centre" is a kind of...):
mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store; sales outlet (a place of business for retailing goods)
Meronyms (parts of "shopping centre"):
food court (an area (as in a shopping mall) where fast food is sold (usually around a common eating area))
Domain region:
Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
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