GALLERY


Meaning of GALLERY in English

■ noun ( plural galleries )

1》 a room or building for the display or sale of works of art.

2》 a balcony or upper floor projecting from a back or side wall inside a hall or church.

3》 the highest balcony in a theatre, having the cheapest seats.

4》 ( the ~ ) a group of spectators, especially those at a golf tournament.

5》 a long room or passage forming a portico or colonnade.

6》 a horizontal underground passage in a mine.

Phrases

play to the ~ aim to appeal to popular taste.

Derivatives

galleried adjective

Origin

ME: via OFr. from Ital. galleria '~', formerly also 'church porch', from med. L. galeria .

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