gallery

Meaning

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

Verb

To show off.

Synonyms

corridor

balcony

art gallery

veranda

verandah

tunnel

picture gallery

portico

hall

heading

passageway

drift

porch

passage

adit

box

📦

piazza

arcade

terrace

hallway

showroom

room

platform

circle

⭕

salon

choir

exhibition

exaltation

flat

flight

✈️

castle

🏰

art museum

duct

doorstep

deck

canal

aisle

palace

mine

colonnade

meatus

loft

collection

museum

lectern

horseshoe

clustering

bevy

horde

cloud

☁️

Translations

galerie

Galerie

galleria

galería

galeria

galerij

galeri

galerie

galeria

gaanderij

εξώστης

Empore

corridor

esposizione

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡæləɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: galery

In summary

From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Latin galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Israel. More at Galilee.

Sentences

Both paintings , along with seven others , were intended for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery .

He is represented by Tanya Leighton Gallery , Berlin .