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A gallery

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.[1]

gallery (plural galleries)

  1. An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
    Hyponym: art gallery
    Coordinate term: museum
    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.
  2. An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
    Coordinate term: gallerist's
    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.
  3. The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
    Hyponym: peanut gallery
    We could afford the less expensive seats in the gallery.
  4. (by extension, metonymic) The spectators at an event, collectively.
    Hyponym: peanut gallery
    The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery
    • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Capello was missing his son's wedding in Milan to take charge – yet his reshaped England team gave him cause for a double celebration as they overturned the odds in front of a delighted Wembley gallery.
  5. (law) 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
  7. (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
    a gallery of image thumbnails
    a clip-art gallery in a word processor
  8. (fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
    the galleries of the fort
  9. (mining) A level or drive in a mine.
    the lower galleries
  10. (automotive) A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
    the main gallery
  1. (television) The production control room.
  2. 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
    Comeronyms: diffuser, shade, bulb, wiring
    opaline lights with brass galleries
  3. A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
    Holonym: monocle
    Comeronyms: ring, lens
    adjusting the distance between the bottom gallery and the top gallery
  4. (entomology) The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
    beetle gallery
  5. Ellipsis of gallery forest.

institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art

establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art

area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium

roofed promenade along the wall of a building

fortification: covered passage

gallery (third-person singular simple present galleries, present participle gallerying, simple past and past participle galleried)

  1. (Trinidad and Tobago) To show off.
    Synonyms: flex, preen, strut; see also Thesaurus:show off

  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “gallery”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.