Mall vs. Maul

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;

Maulnoun

A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.

Maulnoun

(rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.

Maulverb

To handle someone or something in a rough way.

Maulverb

To savage; to cause serious physical wounds usually used of an animal.

Maulverb

(figuratively) To criticise harshly.

Maulnoun

A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.

Maulverb

To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.

Maulverb

To injure greatly; to do much harm to.

Maulnoun

a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

Maulverb

split (wood) with a maul and wedges

Maulverb

injure badly by beating