whispering gallery

noun

A gallery or dome constructed so that even quiet sounds travel a long distance.

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Meanings

nounwhispering gallery (plural whispering galleries)

plural whispering galleries

  1. A gallery or dome constructed so that even quiet sounds travel a long distance.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points

Similar
whispering dome
Broader
dome

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

French galerie des murmures
  • galerie des murmuresTranslations
German Flüstergewölbe
  • FlüstergewölbeTranslations
Spanish gabinete de secretos
  • gabinete de secretosTranslations
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APA

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MLA

“whispering gallery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whispering%20gallery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whispering gallery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whispering%20gallery.

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