gallery
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈɡæləɹi//
- United States//ˈɡælɹi//
An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
Near-synonyms: art dealer's, dealer's
Some of her best work can be yours: it is available at a gallery, if you can afford it.
- 3
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.
- 4
The spectators at an event, collectively.
The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery
Capello was missing his son's wedding in Milan to take charge – yet his reshaped England team gave him cause for a double celebration as they overturned the odds in front of a delighted Wembley gallery.
- 5
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
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery Say he must go free
- 6
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
- 7
A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
a gallery of image thumbnails
a clip-art gallery in a word processor
- 8
A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
the galleries of the fort
- 9
A level or drive in a mine.
the lower galleries
- 10
A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
the main gallery
At about 2500 r.p.m., as much oil is by-passed through the cooler as the amount delivered to the main gallery and at higher engine speeds the flow through the cooler is appreciably greater.
Metal grit from a previous engine failure was lodged in the oil galleries and had come loose upon driving the vehicle.
- 11
The production control room.
- 12
A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.
Holonyms: light fixture, light, lamp, fixture
opaline lights with brass galleries
- 13
A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
Holonym: monocle
adjusting the distance between the bottom gallery and the top gallery
- 14
The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
beetle gallery
- 15
Variant of gallery forestEllipsis of gallery forest.
Etymology
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.
verb
- 1
To show off.
Forms
- plural
- galleries
- past tense
- galleried
- past participle
- galleried
- present participle
- gallerying
- third person singular
- galleries
gallery · An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
Gallery · A surname from Irish.galley · A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse…Galley · A surname.