Arcade vs. Mall

Arcadenoun

(architecture) A row of arches.

Arcadenoun

(architecture) A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.

Arcadenoun

(video games) An establishment that runs coin-operated games.

Arcadenoun

A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.

Arcadenoun

An arched or covered passageway or avenue.

Arcadenoun

a covered passageway; often between streets with shops or stalls

Arcadenoun

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

Mallnoun

A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.

Mallnoun

An enclosed shopping centre.

Mallnoun

(obsolete) An alley where the game of pall mall was played.

Mallnoun

A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.

Mallnoun

A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.

Mallnoun

(obsolete) The game of polo.

Mallnoun

(obsolete) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall.

Mallverb

to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise

Mallverb

to build up with the development of shopping malls

Mallverb

(informal) to shop at the mall

Mallnoun

A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.

Mallnoun

A heavy blow.

Mallnoun

An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.

Mallnoun

A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.

Mallnoun

Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly.

Mallnoun

A public access area containing a promenade for pedestrians; as, to gather near the Washington monument on the mall in Washington.

Mallnoun

The paved or grassy strip between two roadways.

Mallnoun

A shopping area with multiple shops and a concourse for predominantly or exclusively pedestrian use; in cities the concourse is usually a city street which may be temporarily or permamently closed to motor vehicles; in suburban areas, a mall is often located on a convenient highway, may be large, contained in one building or in multiple buildings connected by (usually covered) walkways. Also called shopping mall

Mallverb

To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.

Mallnoun

a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk

Mallnoun

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;