SHOPPING CENTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shopping center mean? 

• SHOPPING CENTER (noun)
  The noun SHOPPING CENTER has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SHOPPING CENTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOPPING CENTER (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

center; mall; plaza; shopping center; shopping centre; shopping mall

Context example:

they spent their weekends at the local malls

Hypernyms ("shopping center" is a kind of...):

mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store; sales outlet (a place of business for retailing goods)

Meronyms (parts of "shopping center"):

food court (an area (as in a shopping mall) where fast food is sold (usually around a common eating area))