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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gal•ler•y /ˈgæləri, ˈgælri/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ler•ies. - Architecturea raised area, often having a sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building, used as a place for spectators, exhibits, etc.
- Architecture, Show Businessthe uppermost of such areas in a theater, usually containing the cheapest seats.
- Show Businessthe persons sitting in such an area in a theater:a shout from the gallery.
- any group of spectators or observers, as at a golf match or a legislative session.
- Architecturea room, series of rooms, or building for the showing and often the sale of works of art.
- a collection or group:a gallery of misfits.
- Architecturea long covered area, narrow and open at one or both sides, used esp. as a walkway or corridor.
- Architecturea large room or building used for a special purpose:a shooting gallery.
Idioms- Idioms play to the gallery, to act in a manner intended to impress the general public.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gal•ler•y (gal′ə rē, gal′rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ler•ies. - Architecturea raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.
- Architecture, Show Businessthe uppermost of such areas in a theater, usually containing the cheapest seats.
- Show Businessthe occupants of such an area in a theater.
- the general public, esp. when regarded as having popular or uncultivated tastes.
- any group of spectators or observers, as at a golf match, a Congressional session, etc.
- Architecturea room, series of rooms, or building devoted to the exhibition and often the sale of works of art.
- Architecturea long covered area, narrow and open at one or both sides, used esp. as a walk or corridor.
- Architecture, Dialect Terms[Chiefly South Atlantic States.]a long porch or portico;
veranda. - Architecturea long, relatively narrow room, esp. one for public use.
- Architecturea corridor, esp. one having architectural importance through its scale or decorative treatment.
- Architecturea raised, balconylike platform or passageway running along the exterior wall of a building inside or outside.
- Architecturea large room or building used for photography, target practice, or other special purposes:a shooting gallery.
- Fine Arta collection of art for exhibition.
- Show Business[Theat.]a narrow, raised platform located beyond the acting area, used by stagehands or technicians to stand on when working.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa projecting balcony or structure on the quarter or stern of a vessel.
- Furniturean ornamental railing or cresting surrounding the top of a table, stand, desk, etc.
- Mininga level or drift.
- Civil Engineering, a small tunnel in a dam, mine, or rock, for various purposes, as inspection or drainage.
- a passageway made by an animal.
- [Fort. Obs.]an underground or covered passage to another part of a fortified position.
- Idioms play to the gallery, to attempt to appeal to the popular taste, as opposed to a more refined or esoteric taste:Movies, though still playing mainly to the gallery, have taken their place as a significant art form.
- Medieval Latin galeria, by dissimilation or suffix replacement from galilea, galilæa galilee
- Old French galerie
- late Middle English 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gallery /ˈɡælərɪ/ n ( pl -leries)- a room or building for exhibiting works of art
- a covered passageway open on one side or on both sides
- a balcony running along or around the inside wall of a church, hall, etc
- a covered balcony, sometimes with columns on the outside
- an upper floor that projects from the rear over the main floor and contains the cheapest seats
- the seats there
- the audience seated there
- a long narrow room, esp one used for a specific purpose: a shooting gallery
- chiefly US a building or room where articles are sold at auction
- an underground passage, as in a mine, the burrow of an animal, etc
- a narrow raised platform at the side or along the back of the stage for the use of technicians and stagehands
- (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
- a balcony or platform at the quarter or stern of a ship, sometimes used as a gun emplacement
- a small ornamental metal or wooden balustrade or railing on a piece of furniture, esp one surrounding the top of a desk, table, etc
- any group of spectators, as at a golf match
- play to the gallery ⇒ to try to gain popular favour, esp by crude appeals
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French galerie, from Medieval Latin galeria, probably from galilea galilee, a porch or chapel at entrance to medieval church |