gallery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæləɹi/
enpr: gălˈ -ə-rē
rhymes: -æləɹi
Forms: form: galleries
Etymology: From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Latin galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Israel. More at Galilee.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
text: Some of her work is so impressive that it really ought to be in a gallery.
coordinate_terms: museum
glosses: An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: art dealer's, dealer's
text: Some of her best work can be yours: it is available at a gallery, if you can afford it.
coordinate_terms: gallerist
glosses: An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
examples: text: We could afford the less expensive seats in the gallery.
glosses: The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
examples: text: The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery
text: 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.
ref: 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: The spectators at an event, collectively.
examples: text: appealing to the gallery
text: Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
Say he must go free
ref: 1969, Paul McCartney, “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, in Abbey Road, performed by The Beatles:
topics: law
glosses: The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
examples: text: elegant galleries looking out onto manicured gardens
glosses: A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
examples: text: a gallery of image thumbnails
text: a clip-art gallery in a word processor
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
examples: text: the galleries of the fort
topics: fortification
fortifications
government
military
politics
war
glosses: A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
examples: text: the lower galleries
topics: business
mining
glosses: A level or drive in a mine.
examples: text: the main gallery
text: 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.
ref: 2012, Colin Campbell, The Sports Car: Its design and performance, page 92:
text: Metal grit from a previous engine failure was lodged in the oil galleries and had come loose upon driving the vehicle.
ref: 2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Engines, page 164:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: The production control room.
examples: text: Holonyms: light fixture, light, lamp, fixture
text: opaline lights with brass galleries
related: word: diffuser
word: shade#Noun
word: bulb
word: wiring#Noun
glosses: A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.
examples: text: Holonym: monocle
text: adjusting the distance between the bottom gallery and the top gallery
related: word: ring#Noun
word: lens#Noun
glosses: A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
examples: text: beetle gallery
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
glosses: Ellipsis of gallery forest.
Derived terms: art gallery
gallerina
gallery forest
galleryful
gallerygoer
gallery-goer
gallery hit
galleryite
gallerylike
gallery organ
gallery shot
galleryward
girlery
minstrel gallery
minstrels' gallery
mobile gallery
nigger gallery
peanut gallery
play to the gallery
press gallery
rogues' gallery
shooting gallery
subgallery
whispering gallery
Related terms: gallerist