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Gallery

Gallery Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gallery? [n] (mining) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" [n] narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade [n] a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns) [n] a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose; "shooting gallery" [n] a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited [n] a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) [n] spectators at a golf or tennis match Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gallery: art gallery \| drift \| heading \| picture gallery \| veranda \| verandah Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gallery: abri \| access \| aisle \| alley \| ambulatory \| amphitheater \| aperture \| approach trench \| arcade \| areaway \| arena \| art gallery \| artery \| assembly hall \| atelier \| audience \| auditorium \| auditory \| avenue \| balcony \| band \| beacon \| bed \| bedding \| belt \| belvedere \| bleachers \| box \| box seat \| breezeway \| bridge \| British Museum \| bunker \| catafalque \| channel \| chapel \| cloister \| colonnade \| communication \| communication trench \| concert hall \| conduit \| congregation \| connection \| conning tower \| convention hall \| corridor \| couche \| countermine \| coupure \| course \| covered way \| curatorship \| dais \| dance hall \| deck \| defile \| display room \| ditch \| double sap \| dress circle \| dugout \| emplacement \| entrenchment \| estrade \| exhibition hall \| exhibition room \| exit \| fauteuil \| ferry \| fire trench \| floor \| flying sap \| ford \| fortified tunnel \| fosse \| foxhole \| gazebo \| grandstand \| groundling \| Guggenheim Museum \| hall \| hallway \| heliport \| Hermitage \| house \| hustings \| inlet \| interchange \| intersection \| junction \| lanai \| landing \| landing pad \| landing stage \| lane \| launching pad \| layer \| lecture hall \| ledge \| level \| lighthouse \| loge \| loggia \| lookout \| loophole \| Louvre \| measures \| meetinghouse \| Metropolitan Museum \| mine \| moat \| museology \| museum \| music hall \| National Gallery \| nigger heaven \| observation post \| observatory \| opening \| opera house \| orchestra \| orchestra circle \| outlet \| outlook \| overlayer \| overlook \| overpass \| overstory \| paradise \| parallel \| parquet \| parquet circle \| parterre \| pass \| passage \| passageway \| patio \| peanut gallery \| peephole \| pergola \| peristyle \| pharos \| piazza \| picture gallery \| pinacotheca \| pit \| platform \| podium \| porch \| portico \| Prado \| proscenium boxes \| pulpit \| railroad tunnel \| Rijksmuseum \| ringside \| ringside seat \| rostrum \| salon \| sap \| seam \| shelf \| showroom \| sighthole \| sleeping porch \| slit trench \| soapbox \| solarium \| spectator \| stadium \| stage \| stall \| standing room \| step \| step terrace \| stoop \| story \| stratum \| studio \| stump \| substratum \| sun porch \| superstratum \| Tate Gallery \| terrace \| Texas tower \| theater \| theatre stall \| thickness \| tier \| top gallery \| topsoil \| tower \| traject \| trajet \| trench \| tribunal \| tribune \| tunnel \| Uffizi \| underlayer \| underpass \| understory \| understratum \| veranda \| watchtower \| zone See Also \| amphitheater \| amphitheatre \| audience \| balcony \| choir loft \| corridor \| lanai \| organ loft \| passageway \| porch \| room \| salon Gallery In Webster's Dictionary \Gal"ler*y\, n.; pl. {Galleries}. [F. galerie, It. galleria, fr. LL. galeria gallery, perh. orig., a festal hall, banquetting hall; cf. OF. galerie a rejoicing, fr. galer to rejoice. Cf. {Gallant}, a.] 1. A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal. 2. A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc. 3. A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall. 4. (Naut.) A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called {stern gallery} or {quarter gallery}, -- seldom found in vessels built since 1850. 5. (Fort.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery. 6. (Mining) A working drift or level. {Whispering gallery}. See under {Whispering}.

Gallery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gallery?

[n] (mining) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
[n] narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
[n] a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
[n] a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose; "shooting gallery"
[n] a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
[n] a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
[n] spectators at a golf or tennis match

Gallery In Webster's Dictionary

\Gal"ler*y\, n.; pl. {Galleries}. [F. galerie, It.
galleria, fr. LL. galeria gallery, perh. orig., a festal
hall, banquetting hall; cf. OF. galerie a rejoicing, fr.
galer to rejoice. Cf. {Gallant}, a.]
1. A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a
   connecting passageway, as between one room and another;
   also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or
   burrowing animal.

2. A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture
   gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of
   paintings, sculptures, etc.

3. A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides
   of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported
   by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be
   occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed
   merely to increase the capacity of the hall.

4. (Naut.) A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern
   or quarter of a ship, and hence called {stern gallery} or
   {quarter gallery}, -- seldom found in vessels built since
   1850.

5. (Fort.) Any communication which is covered overhead as
   well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a
   defensive gallery.

6. (Mining) A working drift or level.

{Whispering gallery}. See under {Whispering}.

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