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Gallery

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Noun

1. gallery

spectators at a golf or tennis match

2. gallery, veranda, verandah

a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)

3. art gallery, gallery, picture gallery

a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited

4. gallery

a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose

Example Sentences:
'shooting gallery'

5. gallery

a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)

6. gallery

narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade

7. drift, gallery, heading

a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

Example Sentences:
'they dug a drift parallel with the vein'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gallery

see synonyms of gallery
noun plural -leries
1. 
a room or building for exhibiting works of art
2. 
a covered passageway open on one side or on both sides
See also colonnade (sense 1)
3. 
a. 
a balcony running along or around the inside wall of a church, hall, etc
b. 
a covered balcony, sometimes with columns on the outside
4. theatre
a. 
an upper floor that projects from the rear over the main floor and contains the cheapest seats
b. 
the seats there
c. 
the audience seated there
5. 
a long narrow room, esp one used for a specific purpose
a shooting gallery
6. mainly US
a building or room where articles are sold at auction
7. 
an underground passage, as in a mine, the burrow of an animal, etc
8. theatre
a narrow raised platform at the side or along the back of the stage for the use of technicians and stagehands
9. 
(in a TV studio) a glass-fronted soundproof room high up to one side of the studio looking into it. One gallery is used by the director and an assistant and one is for lighting, etc
10. nautical
a balcony or platform at the quarter or stern of a ship, sometimes used as a gun emplacement
11. 
a small ornamental metal or wooden balustrade or railing on a piece of furniture, esp one surrounding the top of a desk, table, etc
12. 
any group of spectators, as at a golf match
13.  play to the gallery

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Gallery

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nounWord forms: plural ˈgalleries
1. 
a. 
a covered walk open at one side or having the roof supported by pillars; colonnade
b.  Chiefly South
a veranda or porch
2. 
a long, narrow balcony on the outside of a building
3. 
a platform projecting at either quarter or around the stern of an early sailing ship
4. 
a. 
a platform or projecting upper floor attached to the back wall or sides of a church, theater, etc.; esp., the highest of a series of such platforms in a theater, with the cheapest seats
b. 
the cheapest seats in a theater
c. 
the people occupying these seats, sometimes regarded as exemplifying popular tastes
d. 
the spectators at a sporting event, legislative meeting, etc.
5. 
a long, narrow corridor or room
6. 
a place or establishment for exhibiting or dealing in artworks
7. 
any of the display rooms of a museum
8. 
a collection of paintings, statues, etc.
9.  US
a room or establishment used as a photographer's studio, for practice in shooting at targets, etc.
10. 
an underground passage, as one made by an animal, or one used in mining or military engineering
11. 
a low railing of wood or metal around the edge of a table, shelf, etc.
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈgalleried or ˈgallerying
12. 
to furnish with a gallery, or balcony

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gallery

see synonyms of gallery
n. pl. gal·ler·ies
1. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
2. A long enclosed passage, such as a hallway or corridor.
3.
a. A narrow balcony, usually having a railing or balustrade, along the outside of a building.
b. A projecting or recessed passageway along an upper story on the interior or exterior of a large building, generally marked by a colonnade or arcade.
c. Such a passageway situated over the aisle of a church and opening onto the nave. Also called tribune2.
4. Southwestern Gulf States See veranda.
5.
a. An upper section, often with a sloping floor, projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater or an auditorium to provide additional seating.
b. The seats in such a section, usually cheaper than those on the main floor.
c. The cheapest seats in a theater, generally those of the uppermost gallery.
d. The audience occupying a gallery or cheap section of a theater.
6. A large audience or group of spectators, as at a tennis or golf match.
7. The general public, usually considered as exemplifying a lack of discrimination or sophistication: accused the administration of playing to the gallery on the defense issue.
8.
a. A building, room, or website for the exhibition of artistic work.
b. An establishment that displays and sells works of art.
c. A photographer's studio.
9. A collection; an assortment: The trial featured a gallery of famous and flamboyant witnesses.
10.
a. An underground tunnel or passageway, as in a cave or one dug for military or mining purposes.
b. A tunnel or series of tunnels made by an animal.
11. Nautical A platform or balcony at the stern or quarters of some early sailing ships.
12. A decorative upright trimming or molding along the edge of a table top, tray, or shelf.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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