gallery


Definition: Meaning of, gallery in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɡal(ə)ri /

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gallery galleries
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  1. a large building where people can see famous pieces of art
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  2. a small privately owned shop or STUDIO where you can see and buy pieces of art
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  3. an upper floor or BALCONY built on an inner wall of a hall, theatre, or church, from which people can watch a performance, discussion etc
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  4. the gallery the people sitting in a gallery
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  5. play to the gallery to do or say something just because you think it will please people and make you popular
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  6. a level passage under the ground in a mine or CAVE
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gallery used in phrases

  • Borghese Gallery
    1. a small but important ART GALLERY in Rome which contains works by RAPHAEL, TITIAN, and RUBENS .
  • Hayward Gallery
    1. the Hayward Gallery an ART GALLERY which is part of the SOUTH BANK centre, on the southern side of the River Thames in London
  • National Gallery
    1. the National Gallery a large public art GALLERY in Trafalgar Square, London, which contains the largest collection of important paintings in the UK. The National Gallery contains mostly European art, from all periods between about 1200 and the end of the 19th century. A large new part, called the Sainsbury Wing, was added in 1991.
  • National Gallery of Art
    1. the National Gallery of Art a large public MUSEUM of paintings, SCULPTURE s etc in Washington, D.C.
  • National Portrait Gallery
    1. the National Portrait Gallery an art GALLERY in Trafalgar Square in London which contains many pictures of famous men and women in British history and CULTURE
  • Strangers' Gallery, the (noun)
    1. the part of the British HOUSE OF COMMONS or of the HOUSE OF LORDS where members of the public can sit and watch what happens in Parliament
  • Tate Gallery
    1. the Tate Gallery also the Tate the former name for the TATE BRITAIN . There are also two smaller Tate Galleries outside London, one in Liverpool, and one in St Ives in southwest England.
  • art gallery (noun)
    1. a building where paintings are shown to the public
  • fly gallery (noun)
    1. a narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theatre; stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies
  • peanut gallery (noun)
    1. resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance figurative people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant
    2. rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats
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