Meaning & Definition of Gallery in English
English⟶
Gallery
/gæləri/
noun
1. Spectators at a golf or tennis match
synonym:
- gallery
2. A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
synonym:
- veranda,
- verandah,
- gallery
3. A room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
synonym:
- gallery,
- art gallery,
- picture gallery
4. A long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose
- "Shooting gallery"
synonym:
- gallery
5. A covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
synonym:
- gallery
6. Narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building
- Usually marked by a colonnade
synonym:
- gallery
7. A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- "They dug a drift parallel with the vein"
synonym:
- drift,
- heading,
- gallery
Examples of using
Do you really want to leave London not having visited the national gallery?
They are going to exhibit many famous old paintings at the gallery.
Where's the nearest art gallery?