gallery.
An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
Meaning & usage
An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
In the gallery are displayed genuine artifacts dug up from the site, and in the gift shop you can buy a replica as a souvenir.
Some of her work is so impressive that it really ought to be in a gallery.
An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
Some of her best work can be yours: it is available at a gallery, if you can afford it.
The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
We could afford the less expensive seats in the gallery.
The spectators at an event, collectively.
The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery
The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
appealing to the gallery
A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
elegant galleries looking out onto manicured gardens
A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
a gallery of image thumbnails
a clip-art gallery in a word processor
A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
the galleries of the fort
A level or drive in a mine.
the lower galleries
A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
the main gallery
The production control room.
A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.
opaline lights with brass galleries
A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
adjusting the distance between the bottom gallery and the top gallery
The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
beetle gallery
Ellipsis of gallery forest.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Latin galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Israel. More at Galilee.
To show off.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Latin galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Israel. More at Galilee.
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