Definitions of Gallery [ˈgæl ə ri, ˈgæl ri]
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1. (n.) gallery
a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.
2. gallery
the uppermost of such areas in a theater, usu. containing the cheapest seats .
3. gallery
the occupants of such an area in a theater .
4. gallery
the undiscriminating public .
5. gallery
any group of spectators or observers, as at a golf match or a legislative session .
6. gallery
a room, series of rooms, or building devoted to the exhibition and often the sale of works of art .
7. gallery
a long covered area, narrow and open at one or both sides, used esp . as a walk or corridor .
8. gallery
Chiefly South Atlantic States. a long porch or portico; veranda .
9. gallery
a long, relatively narrow room, esp . one for public use .
10. gallery
a raised, balconylike platform or passageway running along the exterior wall of a building inside or outside .
11. gallery
a large room or building used for photography, target practice, or other special purposes:
a shooting gallery.
12. gallery
a collection or group:
a gallery of misfits.
13. gallery
a projecting balcony or structure on the quarter or stern of a ship .
14. gallery
an ornamental railing surrounding the top of a table, desk, etc.
15. gallery
Mining. a level or drift .
16. gallery
an underground passageway in a mine, earthwork, or fortification .
17. gallery
a passageway made by an animal .
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < OF galerie < ML galeria, by dissimilation or suffix replacement from galilea, galilæa galilee )
Definition of 'Gallery'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun) gallery
spectators at a golf or tennis match
2. (noun) veranda, verandah, gallery
a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
3. (noun) gallery, art gallery, picture gallery
a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
4. (noun) gallery
a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose
"shooting gallery"
5. (noun) gallery
a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
6. (noun) gallery
narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
7. (noun) drift, heading, gallery
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
"they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
1. (noun) gallery
a building where the public can look at art, sculpture, etc.
an art gallery
2. gallery
an upper level of a large room that looks down at the other levels
audience members sitting in the gallery
Definition of 'Gallery'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj) Gallery
a long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal
2. (adj) Gallery
a room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc
3. (adj) Gallery
a long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall
4. (adj) Gallery
a frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or quarter gallery, -- seldom found in vessels built since 1850
5. (adj) Gallery
any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery
6. (adj) Gallery
a working drift or level
Sense: a large room or building in which paintings, statues etc are on show
an art gallery.
Afrikaans: galery
Arabic: صالَة عَرْض، قاعَة متحَف
Bulgarian: художествена галерия
Brazilian: galeria
Czech: galerie
German: die Galerie
Danish: galleri
Greek: αίθουσα τέχνης, γκαλερί
Spanish: galería
Estonian: galerii
Farsi: نگارخانه
Finnish: galleria
French: galerie
Hebrew: גָלֶריָה
Hindi: मकानों के भीतर जाने का मा
Croatian: galerija
Hungarian: galéria
Indonesian: galeri
Icelandic: gallerí, listasafn
Italian: galleria
Japanese: 画廊
Korean: 회랑(回廊)
Lithuanian: galerija
Latvian: galerija
Malay: galeri
Dutch: galerie
Norwegian: (kunst)galleri, (maleri)s
Polish: galeria
Persian: نگارخانه
Pashto: يو ډول پخوانى بېړۍ
Portuguese: galeria
Romanian: galerie
Russian: галерея
Slovak: galéria
Slovenian: galerija
Serbian: galerija
Swedish: konstgalleri, konstmuseum
Thai: ห้องแสดงผลงานศิลปะห้องถ่า
Turkish: galeri
Taiwanese: 藝廊,美術館
Ukrainian: галерея
Urdu: کمرہ یا ایوان جہاں فنی اش
Vietnamese: phòng trưng bày
Chinese: 画廊
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