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gallery

/ˈɡæləɹi/

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What does gallery mean?

noun

  1. An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
  2. An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
  3. The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
More meanings (14)

noun

  1. The spectators at an event, collectively.
  2. The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
  3. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
  4. A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
  5. A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
  6. A level or drive in a mine.
  7. A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
  8. The production control room.
  9. A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.
  10. A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
  11. The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
  12. Ellipsis of gallery forest.

verb

  1. To show off.

proper noun

  1. A surname from Irish.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɡæləɹi/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɡælɹi/
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In the opera-house there is a long loft back of the audience, a kind of open gallery, in which princes are displayed.
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70
Hollow murmurs seemed to creep along the gallery, and more than once her blood was chilled by the sound of distant moans.
Jane AustenNorthanger AbbeyProject Gutenberg ebook #121
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After a little pause, he tiptoed noiselessly up the side aisle toward the end of the church--toward the light above the gallery.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
It was in this gallery, which had only a circular bay, an œil de bœuf, that Madame Albertine listened to the offices.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
Roderick’s own invitations, however, were not frequent, and Rowland more than once ventured to introduce her to a gallery or a church.
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176