Gallery Definition
gălə-rē
galleried, galleries, gallery
noun
galleries
A covered walk open at one side or having the roof supported by pillars; colonnade.
Webster's New World
A veranda or porch.
Webster's New World
A long, narrow balcony on the outside of a building.
Webster's New World
Such a passageway situated over the aisle of a church and opening onto the nave.
American Heritage
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.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- picture gallery
- art-gallery
- veranda
- verandah
- drift
- heading
- pinacotheca
- museology
- curatorship
- uffizi
- louvre
- rijksmuseum
- porch
- salon
- promenade
verb
To furnish with a gallery, or balcony.
Webster's New World
idiom
play to the gallery
- to act in a manner intended to please those in the gallery
- to try to win the approval of the public, esp. in an obvious or showy way
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Gallery
Noun
Singular:
gallery
Plural:
galleriesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Gallery
Origin of Gallery
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From Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), perhaps an alteration of galilea "church porch," probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Palestine. More at Galilee.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English galerie from Old French from Old North French galilee galilee galilee
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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