Meaning

14 senses
  1. An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.

    In the gallery are displayed genuine artifacts dug up from the site, and in the gift shop you can buy a replica as a souvenir.

    Some of her work is so impressive that it really ought to be in a gallery.

    Galerie

    галере́яgaleréja

    галере́яhaleréja

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

  2. An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.

    Near-synonyms: art dealer's, dealer's

    Some of her best work can be yours: it is available at a gallery, if you can afford it.

    Galerie

    галере́яgaleréja

    галере́яhaleréja

  3. The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.

    We could afford the less expensive seats in the gallery.

    Galerie

    галере́яgaleréja

    галере́яhaleréja

  4. (broadly, metonymically)The spectators at an event, collectively.

    The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery

    spectators at a golf or tennis match

  5. The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.

    appealing to the gallery

  6. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.

    elegant galleries looking out onto manicured gardens

    Galerie

    галере́яgaleréja

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

  7. A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.

    a gallery of image thumbnails

    a clip-art gallery in a word processor

  8. A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.

    the galleries of the fort

  9. A level or drive in a mine.

    the lower galleries

    a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

  10. A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.

    the main gallery

  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.

    Holonyms: light fixture, light, lamp, fixture

    opaline lights with brass galleries

Examples

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  1. Where's the nearest art gallery?

    Де найближча художня галерея?

    ruГде ближайшая художественная галерея?

    deWo ist die nächste Kunstgalerie?

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  2. You should drop by his gallery if you have time.

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  3. The gallery is open from 9:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.

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  4. If you have time, why don't you drop by his gallery?

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  5. When was the last time you went to an art gallery?

    ruКогда вы в последний раз были в картинной галерее?

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Translations

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institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art:
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institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art:
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By meaning 1
institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art:

Origin

From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old Frenc

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.

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