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gallery

Syllabification: (gal·ler·y)
Pronunciation: /ˈgalərē/
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Definition of gallery

noun (plural galleries)

  • 1a room or building for the display or sale of works of art.
  • a collection of pictures.
  • 2a balcony, especially a platform or upper floor, projecting from the back or sidewall inside a church or hall, providing space for an audience or musicians.
  • (the gallery) the highest balconies in a theater, containing the cheapest seats.
  • a group of spectators, especially those at a golf tournament.
  • 3a long room or passage, typically one that is partly open at the side to form a portico or colonnade.
  • a horizontal underground passage, especially in a mine.

Phrases

play to the gallery

act in an exaggerated or theatrical manner, especially to appeal to popular taste.

Derivatives

galleried

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English (gallery (sense 3)): via Old French from Italian galleria 'gallery', formerly also 'church porch', from medieval Latin galeria, perhaps an alteration of galilea (see galilee)

Remember that gallery ends with -ery.

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