EGAVE

gallery

About 11.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
    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. noun An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
    Some of her best work can be yours: it is available at a gallery, if you can afford it.
  3. noun 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. noun The spectators at an event, collectively.
    The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery
  5. noun 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. noun 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. noun A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
    a gallery of image thumbnails
  8. noun A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
    the galleries of the fort

Similar words

art gallery heading verandah veranda drift picture gallery museum beaux-arts art clipart

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Word family

galleried galleries galleryite galleryites

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