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1. (n.) galley
the kitchen area of a ship, plane, or camper.
2. galley
any small narrow kitchen.
3. galley
a seagoing vessel propelled mainly by oars, used in ancient and medieval times, sometimes with the aid of sails.
4. galley
a long rowboat, as one used as a ship's boat by a warship or one used for dragging a seine.
5. galley
a long narrow tray, usu. of metal, for holding type that has been set.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF galee, galie, perh. < OPr galea < LGk galéa, galaía)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) galley
a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading
2. (noun) galley
(classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars
3. (noun) galley
the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner
4. (noun) galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse
the area for food preparation on a ship
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) galley
a vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not
2. (noun) galley
a large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century
3. (noun) galley
a name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars
4. (noun) galley
a light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure
5. (noun) galley
one of the small boats carried by a man-of-war
6. (noun) galley
the cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose
7. (noun) galley
an oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace
8. (noun) galley
an oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc
9. (noun) galley
a proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof
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Sense: in former times, a long low ship with one deck, moved by oars (and often sails).
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 Afrikaans: galei |
 Arabic: قادِس، سَفينَه شِراعِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: галера |
 Brazilian: galera |
 Czech: galéra |
 German: die Galeere |
 Danish: galej |
 Greek: γαλέρα |
 Spanish: galera |
 Estonian: galeer |
 Farsi: گالی |
 Finnish: kaleeri |
 French: galère |
 Hebrew: אֳנִייַת מְשׁוֹטִים |
 Hindi: लम्बी नाव जो लग्गियों से |
 Croatian: galija |
 Hungarian: gálya |
 Indonesian: kapal |
 Icelandic: galeiða |
 Italian: galea, galera |
 Japanese: ガレー船 |
 Korean: 갤리선: 고대 로마, 중세에 주로 지중해에서 |
 Lithuanian: galera |
 Latvian: galera |
 Malay: ghali |
 Dutch: galei |
 Norwegian: galei |
 Polish: galera |
 Persian: گالی |
 Pashto: يو ډول پخوانى بېړۍ |
 Portuguese: galera |
 Romanian: galeră |
 Russian: галера |
 Slovak: galéra |
 Slovenian: galeja |
 Serbian: galija |
 Swedish: galär |
 Thai: เรือแจวโบราณ |
 Turkish: kadırga |
 Taiwanese: (古希臘羅馬時代的)低舷大帆船 |
 Ukrainian: галера |
 Urdu: چپّوؤں کی مدد سے چلائی جا |
 Vietnamese: thuyền cổ Ga-lê |
 Chinese: 单层甲板大帆船，大型划船 |
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