gallery

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡæl.ə.ɹi/; (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gălˈ -ə-rē (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡæl.ɚ.i/ Hyphenation: gal‧le‧ry Rhymes: -æləɹi === Noun === gallery (plural galleries) An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art. Hyponym: art gallery Coordinate term: museum An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art. Coordinate term: gallerist's Near-synonyms: art dealer's, dealer's The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium. Hyponym: peanut gallery (by extension, metonymic) The spectators at an event, collectively. Hyponym: peanut gallery (law) The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side. (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc. (fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry. (mining) A level or drive in a mine. (automotive) A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings. (television) The production control room. A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser. Holonyms: light fixture, light, lamp, fixture Comeronyms: diffuser, shade, bulb, wiring A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket. Holonym: monocle Comeronyms: ring, lens (entomology) The boring trails produced by an insect in wood. Ellipsis of gallery forest. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gallerist ==== Translations ==== === Verb === gallery (third-person singular simple present galleries, present participle gallerying, simple past and past participle galleried) (Trinidad and Tobago) To show off. Synonyms: flex, preen, strut; see also Thesaurus:show off === References === === Further reading === “gallery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “gallery”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “gallery”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === largely, allergy, regally, Allgyer