A gallery is a place that has permanent exhibitions of works of art in it.
...an art gallery.
...the National Gallery.
Synonyms: exhibition room, museum, display room More Synonyms of gallery
2. countable noun
A gallery is a privately owned building or room where people can look at and buy works of art.
The painting is in the gallery upstairs.
3. countable noun
A gallery is an area high above the ground at the back or at the sides of a large room or hall.
A crowd already filled the gallery.
Synonyms: passage, hall, lobby, corridor More Synonyms of gallery
4. countable noun
The gallery in a theatre or concert hall is an area high above the ground that usually contains the cheapest seats.
They had been forced to find cheap tickets in the gallery.
See to play to the gallery
More Synonyms of gallery
gallery in British English
(ˈɡælərɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-leries
1.
a room or building for exhibiting works of art
2.
a covered passageway open on one side or on both sides
See also colonnade (sense 1)
3.
a.
a balcony running along or around the inside wall of a church, hall, etc
b.
a covered balcony, sometimes with columns on the outside
4. theatre
a.
an upper floor that projects from the rear over the main floor and contains the cheapest seats
b.
the seats there
c.
the audience seated there
5.
a long narrow room, esp one used for a specific purpose
a shooting gallery
6. mainly US
a building or room where articles are sold at auction
7.
an underground passage, as in a mine, the burrow of an animal, etc
8. theatre
a narrow raised platform at the side or along the back of the stage for the use of technicians and stagehands
9.
(in a TV studio) a glass-fronted soundproof room high up to one side of the studio looking into it. One gallery is used by thedirector and an assistant and one is for lighting, etc
10. nautical
a balcony or platform at the quarter or stern of a ship, sometimes used as a gun emplacement
11.
a small ornamental metal or wooden balustrade or railing on a piece of furniture, esp one surrounding the top of a desk, table, etc
12.
any group of spectators, as at a golf match
13. play to the gallery
Word origin
C15: from Old French galerie, from Medieval Latin galeria, probably from galileagalilee, a porch or chapel at entrance to medieval church
gallery in American English
(ˈgæləri; often ˈgælri)
nounWord forms: pluralˈgalleries
1.
a.
a covered walk open at one side or having the roof supported by pillars; colonnade
b. Chiefly South
a veranda or porch
2.
a long, narrow balcony on the outside of a building
3.
a platform projecting at either quarter or around the stern of an early sailing ship
4.
a.
a platform or projecting upper floor attached to the back wall or sides of a church,theater, etc.; esp., the highest of a series of such platforms in a theater, withthe cheapest seats
b.
the cheapest seats in a theater
c.
the people occupying these seats, sometimes regarded as exemplifying popular tastes
d.
the spectators at a sporting event, legislative meeting, etc.
5.
a long, narrow corridor or room
6.
a place or establishment for exhibiting or dealing in artworks
7.
any of the display rooms of a museum
8.
a collection of paintings, statues, etc.
9. US
a room or establishment used as a photographer's studio, for practice in shootingat targets, etc.
10.
an underground passage, as one made by an animal, or one used in mining or militaryengineering
11.
a low railing of wood or metal around the edge of a table, shelf, etc.
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈgalleried or ˈgallerying
12.
to furnish with a gallery, or balcony
Idioms:
play to the gallery
Word origin
ME < OFr galerie, gallerie, long portico, gallery < ML galeria, prob. < galilaea: see galilee (porch)
More idioms containing
gallery
play to the gallery
Examples of 'gallery' in a sentence
gallery
They met at the large art gallery where they both worked.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Museums and art galleries play an important role in our contemplation and understanding of life and death.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Other examples they highlighted were theatre trips which keep people socially active while visits to art galleries boost memory.
The Sun (2017)
The penny drops How much do you put in museum and art gallery donation boxes?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The hotel has a pop-up art gallery.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The idea that you can engagingly explain anything mathematical of worth in one gallery in a family museum is fooling people about the difficulty of the subject.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is almost as if, in stepping out of the gallery, one steps into the paintings.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It would be nice to think one was disgraceful, with a certain grace Art gallery or pub afternoon?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Visiting a London art gallery once, she became uncomfortably aware that she was being followed by three men in suits.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I visited places, caught the train to London and went to art galleries.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And it might just be the best new museum or gallery building anywhere.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Only in an art gallery could anyone get away with such drudgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Rooms in art galleries are normally rectangular.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
There were four floors and four galleries.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
Looking at art in art fairs is quite different from looking at art in galleries or studios.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The concert hall and art gallery would be the churches of the future.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Does she work in an art gallery?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Creativity in public spaces is much more interesting and important that objects tucked away in art galleries.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The owner had to go back to the gallery and swap the painting for something less troubling by another artist.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Is this one gallery or two?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
People stood eight deep around the gallery above, eight deep around the site below.
Page, Russell The Education of a Gardener (1994)
Inside, cream wooden pillars support a gallery on three sides of the church.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The drawing room and picture gallery were lit up, and the effect was truly fine.
Christopher Hibbert DISRAELI: A Personal History (2004)
Today it is a three floored gallery space, hosting an array of exhibitions.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Duck out of one gallery packed with him, and you walk straight into another.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Its galleries and studios have nurtured numerous art dealers, designers and architects.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
People peer from the gallery above, or cluster in the doorway.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This also leads to the first-floor gallery around the hall.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The centre has stacks of antique shops and galleries, tea rooms and inns.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Early in 1990 he sold all his equipment and converted a studio into his gallery.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The centrepiece of the design is an inflatable canopy that floats like a spaceship above the gallery's lawn.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Artists in the city are already adopting it somewhat literally, in one gallery showing it perched in a giant tree.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A map of the gallery floors and information about opening hours and access round off a useful and enjoyable app.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But at the back, the gallery has been extended deep into the gardens with an exciting thrust of glass and openness.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I went back to the gallery.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
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In other languages
gallery
British English: gallery /ˈɡælərɪ/ NOUN
A gallery is a place that has permanent exhibitions of works of art in it.
...an art gallery.
American English: art museum
Arabic: مَعْرِض
Brazilian Portuguese: galeria
Chinese: 画廊
Croatian: galerija
Czech: galerie
Danish: galleri
Dutch: galerie
European Spanish: galería
Finnish: galleria
French: galerie art
German: Kunstgalerie
Greek: γκαλερί
Italian: galleria
Japanese: 画廊
Korean: 화랑
Norwegian: galleri
Polish: galeria
European Portuguese: galeria
Romanian: galerie
Russian: галерея
Latin American Spanish: galería
Swedish: galleri
Thai: ห้องแสดงภาพ
Turkish: galeri
Ukrainian: галерея
Vietnamese: phòng trưng bày nghệ thuật
British English: gallery NOUN
A gallery is a place that has permanent exhibitions of works of art in it.
...an art gallery.
American English: gallery
Brazilian Portuguese: galeria
Chinese: 陈列室艺术作品的
European Spanish: galeríade arte
French: galerie
German: Galerie
Italian: galleria
Japanese: 美術館
Korean: 화랑
European Portuguese: galeria
Latin American Spanish: galería
All related terms of 'gallery'
art gallery
a place where works of art are displayed
gallery tray
a tray usually of silver with a raised rim , used for serving drinks
long gallery
a large gallery , found esp. in the uppermost stories of Elizabethan and Jacobean manor houses, used as a family room and as a promenade
photo gallery
a gallery , either in a building or on the internet , where photographs are on display
press gallery
The press gallery is the area in a parliament , legislature , or council which is reserved for journalists who report on its activities.
gallery forest
a stretch of forest along a river in an area of otherwise open country
ladies' gallery
a gallery in the old House of Commons set aside for women spectators
peanut gallery
a group of hecklers or critics , esp a group who are uneducated or uninformed about what they are criticizing
picture gallery
a room used for displaying paintings
public gallery
the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
rogues' gallery
A rogues ' gallery is a collection of photographs of criminals that is kept by the police and used when they want to identify someone.
viewing gallery
an area in a building or outside for viewing an activity, the surrounding scenery , etc
winning gallery
the gallery farthest from the net on either side of the court , into which any shot played wins a point
minstrel gallery
a gallery in a building meant for use by musicians playing to provide background music or entertainment at a feast or other event
National Gallery
a major art gallery in London , in Trafalgar Square . Founded in 1824, it contains the largest collection of paintings in Britain
portrait gallery
a gallery where pictures are displayed
reporters' gallery
an area in parliament reserved for journalists and reporters
shooting gallery
A shooting gallery is a place where people use rifles to shoot at targets, especially in order to win prizes .
strangers' gallery
the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
visitors' gallery
a balcony in a building such as a parliament or court where members of the public can sit
whispering gallery
a gallery or dome with acoustic characteristics such that a sound made at one point is audible at distant points
play to the gallery
to try to impress the public and make yourself popular, instead of dealing seriously with important matters
National Portrait Gallery
an art gallery in London , established in 1856, displaying portraits and photographs of eminent figures in British history
to play to the gallery
If you play to the gallery , you do something in public in a way which you hope will impress people.
Chinese translation of 'gallery'
gallery
(ˈɡælərɪ)
n(c)
(public) (also art gallery) 美术(術)馆(館) (měishùguǎn) (个(個), gè)
(private) 画(畫)廊 (huàláng) (个(個), gè)
(in hall, church, theatre) 廊台(臺) (lángtái)
1 (noun)
Definition
a room or building for displaying works of art
an art gallery
Synonyms
exhibition room
museum
display room
2 (noun)
A crowd already filled the gallery.
Synonyms
passage
The toilets are up the stairs and along the passage to your right.
hall
The lights were on in the hall and in the bedroom.
lobby
I met her in the lobby of the museum.
corridor
He raced down the corridor towards the exit.
aisle
the frozen food aisle
hallway
A central hallway leads into the dining and living areas.
walkway
The hotel is linked to the terminal by a covered walkway.
passageway
an underground passageway that connects the two buildings
vestibule
A tiled vestibule leads to an impressive staircase.
3 (noun)
Definition
an upper floor that projects from the rear and contains the cheapest seats
They had been forced to buy cheap tickets in the gallery.
Synonyms
upper circle
gods
balcony
We took our seats in the balcony.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of aisle
Definition
a passageway separating seating areas in a church, theatre, or cinema, or separating rows of shelves in a supermarket
the frozen food aisle
Synonyms
passageway,
path,
lane,
passage,
corridor,
alley,
gangway
in the sense of balcony
Definition
an upper tier of seats in a theatre or cinema
We took our seats in the balcony.
Synonyms
upper circle,
gods,
gallery
in the sense of corridor
Definition
a passage in a building or a train
He raced down the corridor towards the exit.
Synonyms
passage,
alley,
aisle,
hallway,
passageway
Synonyms of 'gallery'
gallery
Explore 'gallery' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of hall
Definition
an entry area to other rooms in a house
The lights were on in the hall and in the bedroom.
Synonyms
passage,
lobby,
corridor,
hallway,
foyer,
entry,
passageway,
entrance hall,
vestibule
in the sense of hallway
Definition
an entrance area
A central hallway leads into the dining and living areas.
Synonyms
corridor,
hall,
passageway
in the sense of lobby
Definition
a room or corridor used as an entrance hall or vestibule
I met her in the lobby of the museum.
Synonyms
corridor,
hall,
passage,
entrance,
porch,
hallway,
foyer,
passageway,
entrance hall,
vestibule
in the sense of passageway
Definition
corridor or passage
an underground passageway that connects the two buildings
Synonyms
corridor,
passage,
hallway,
hall,
lane,
lobby,
entrance,
exit,
alley,
aisle,
wynd (Scottish)
in the sense of vestibule
Definition
a small entrance hall
A tiled vestibule leads to an impressive staircase.
Synonyms
hall,
lobby,
foyer,
porch,
entrance hall,
portico,
anteroom
in the sense of walkway
Definition
a passage or pathway between two buildings
The hotel is linked to the terminal by a covered walkway.