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

Examples of shopping center in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Aspen store, at 205 South Mill Street, is expected to debut in November while the Miami store in the Bal Harbour shopping center, will open by February. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026

The complex fills a city block in the financial district with an office skyscraper, the high-rise Sheraton Grand hotel and a shopping center that is home to a Uniqlo and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Fasicka and Patrick Hicks began experimenting with serving Ethiopian food almost from the day in 2018 when Smoke’N Ash opened a stand in one of the most generic strip shopping centers on Matlock Road in the suburban sprawl of south Arlington. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026

Gainesville police responded to the Limestone Marketplace shopping center after receiving reports that a person had been hit by a vehicle. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shopping center

• epicenter
• multicenter
• centre
• enter
• renter
• stentor
• dissenter
• frequenter
• indenter
• inventor
• precentor
• preventer

Kids Definition

shopping center

noun

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