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 Definitions of Gallery  [ˈgæl ə ri, ˈgæl ri]  

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Definition of 'Gallery' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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, galilæagalilee)

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"


Definition of 'Gallery' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'Gallery' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a large room or building in which paintings, statues etc are on show
an art gallery.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: galery Arabic flag Arabic: صالَة عَرْض، قاعَة متحَف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: художествена галерия
Brazilian flag Brazilian: galeria Czech flag Czech: galerie German flag German: die Galerie
Danish flag Danish: galleri Greek flag Greek: αίθουσα τέχνης, γκαλερί Spanish flag Spanish: galería
Estonian flag Estonian: galerii Farsi flag Farsi: نگارخانه Finnish flag Finnish: galleria
French flag French: galerie Hebrew flag Hebrew: גָלֶריָה Hindi flag Hindi: मकानों के भीतर जाने का मा
Croatian flag Croatian: galerija Hungarian flag Hungarian: galéria Indonesian flag Indonesian: galeri
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gallerí, listasafn Italian flag Italian: galleria Japanese flag Japanese: 画廊
Korean flag Korean: 회랑(回廊) Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: galerija Latvian flag Latvian: galerija
Malay flag Malay: galeri Dutch flag Dutch: galerie Norwegian flag Norwegian: (kunst)galleri, (maleri)s
Polish flag Polish: galeria Persian flag Persian: نگارخانه Pashto flag Pashto: يو ډول پخوانى بېړۍ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: galeria Romanian flag Romanian: gale­rie Russian flag Russian: галерея
Slovak flag Slovak: galéria Slovenian flag Slovenian: galerija Serbian flag Serbian: galerija
Swedish flag Swedish: konstgalleri, konstmuseum Thai flag Thai: ห้องแสดงผลงานศิลปะห้องถ่า Turkish flag Turkish: galeri
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 藝廊,美術館 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: галерея Urdu flag Urdu: کمرہ یا ایوان جہاں فنی اش
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phòng trưng bày Chinese flag Chinese: 画廊

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