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 - a good plaza should have a movie house - they spent their weekends at the local malls • Syn: plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center • Hypernyms: mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet • Part Meronyms: food court
