SHOPPING CENTRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shopping centre mean? 

• SHOPPING CENTRE (noun)
  The noun SHOPPING CENTRE 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 CENTRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOPPING CENTRE (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 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)