shopping center

noun

: a group of retail stores and service establishments usually with ample parking facilities and usually designed to serve a community or neighborhood

called also shopping plaza

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Some Inglewood business owners are voicing their opinions as a city plan to tear down their shopping center to build a transit connector nears. — Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 The Hamden store will be located at the Hamden Mart shopping center at 2284 Dixwell Ave. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026 Officers pursued him toward the canyon, where an officer found him near the edge behind a shopping center. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Fort Worth’s Ridgmar Mall, once one of the city’s most popular shopping centers, is set to transform into a 930,960-square-foot logistics center. — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shopping center

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of shopping center was in 1898

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shopping cart
shopping center
shopping goods
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shopping center

noun
: a group of retail stores and service establishments usually located in a suburban area and having a large parking lot
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