gallery

plural galleries

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

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

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   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.

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

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

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

   Synonyms: art dealer, dealer

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.

4. broadlymetonymicallyThe spectators at an event, collectively.

   The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery

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   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.

   2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport

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

   appealing to the gallery

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   Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery Say he must go free

   1969, Paul McCartney, “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, in Abbey Road, performed by The Beatles

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. computingA browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.

   a gallery of image thumbnails

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   a clip-art gallery in a word processor

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

   the galleries of the fort

9. businessA level or drive in a mine.

   the lower galleries

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

    the main gallery

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    At about 2500 r.p.m., as much oil is by-passed through the cooler as the amount delivered to the main gallery and at higher engine speeds the flow through the cooler is appreciably greater.

    2012, Colin Campbell, The Sports Car: Its design and performance, page 92

    Metal grit from a previous engine failure was lodged in the oil galleries and had come loose upon driving the vehicle.

    2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Engines, page 164

11. broadcastingThe production control room.
12. A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.

    opaline lights with brass galleries

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    Holonyms: light fixture, light, lamp, fixture

13. A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.

    Holonym: monocle

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    adjusting the distance between the bottom gallery and the top gallery

14. biologyThe boring trails produced by an insect in wood.

    beetle gallery

15. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of gallery forest.

present singular third person galleries · participle present gallerying · participle past galleried · past galleried

1. Trinidad and TobagointransitiveTo show off.

   Synonyms: flex, preen, strut, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round

plural Gallerys

1. A surname from Irish.