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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Legends was the seventh open-air shopping center to join Tanger’s real estate portfolio since 2022. — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026 The beloved doughnut and coffee shop will debut in the Shops at the Fresh Market shopping center on Torrence Chapel Road. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026 Soon, however, downtown retailers began to lose ground to newer, more modern shopping centers such as Colonial Plaza and Western Way. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 Nearby, groups descended on a shopping center on 32nd Street, emptying trash cans and tossing merchandise from the Pavilions grocery store into the parking lot. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 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

Rhymes for shopping center

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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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