gallery

Syllables: gal·le·ry/ˈɡæləɹi/

gallery noun: an institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art. Also the ellipsis of gallery forest.

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Noun

gallery (plural galleries)

An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
- In the gallery are displayed genuine artifacts dug up from the site, and in the gift shop you can buy a replica as a souvenir.
- Some of her work is so impressive that it really ought to be in a gallery.
An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
- Near-synonyms: art dealer's, dealer's
- Some of her best work can be yours: it is available at a gallery, if you can afford it.
Synonyms:

art dealer, dealer
The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
- We could afford the less expensive seats in the gallery.
(broadly, metonymically) The spectators at an event, collectively.
- The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery
- Capello was missing his son's wedding in Milan to take charge – yet his reshaped England team gave him cause for a double celebration as they overturned the odds in front of a delighted Wembley gallery.2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport
The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
- appealing to the gallery
- Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
  Say he must go free1969, Paul McCartney, “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, in Abbey Road, performed by The Beatles
A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
- elegant galleries looking out onto manicured gardens
A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
- a gallery of image thumbnails
- a clip-art gallery in a word processor
A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
- the galleries of the fort
A level or drive in a mine.
- the lower galleries
A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
- the main gallery
- At about 2500 r.p.m., as much oil is by-passed through the cooler as the amount delivered to the main gallery and at higher engine speeds the flow through the cooler is appreciably greater.2012, Colin Campbell, The Sports Car: Its design and performance, page 92
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
- opaline lights with brass galleries
A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
- Holonym: monocle
- adjusting the distance between the bottom gallery and the top gallery
The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
- beetle gallery

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, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round, exhibitionize, figure away

Proper noun capitalized: Gallery

Gallery (plural Gallerys)

A surname from Irish.

Also used as

gallery is also the ellipsis of gallery forest.

gallery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

gallery in Hindi

institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art: गैलरी gailrī, कलादीर्घा kalādīrghā
establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art: गैलरी gailrī, कलादीर्घा kalādīrghā
area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium: गैलरी gailrī, दर्शक दीर्घा darshak dīrghā

gallery in Tamil

institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art: காட்சியகம் kāṭciyakam

gallery in Urdu

institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art: نِگار خانَہ nigār xāna, تَصْوِیر خانَہ tasvīr xāna, نُمائِش گاہ numāiś gāh

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gallery in Bengali: গ্যালারি, গ্যালারী, গ্যালারিিং
gallery in Telugu: గ్యాలరీ
gallery in Malayalam: ചിത്രശാല citraśāla
gallery in Kannada: ಚಿತ್ರಕಲ citrakala
gallery in Punjabi: ਗੈਲਰੀ, ਗੈਲੇਰੀ
gallery in Gujarati: ગેલેરી, ગૅલેરી, ગૅલરી
gallery in Odia: ଗ୍ଯ଼ାଲେରୀ, ଗ୍ଯ଼ାଲେରୀିଂ
gallery in Sanskrit: वीथिका vīthikā
gallery in Nepali: ग्यालरी, ग्यालेरी, ग्यालरीकरण
gallery in Arabic: مَعْرِض maʕriḍ, صَالَةُ عَرْض ṣālatu ʕarḍ
gallery in Malay: galeri
gallery in Indonesian: galeri
gallery in Thai: หอศิลป์ hɔ̌ɔ-sǐn

Examples of gallery in a sentence

A gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters.
I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.
He donated an etching from his own collection to the new art gallery.

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Synonyms of gallery

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Forms of gallery

Noun
plural	galleries
Verb
third-person singular present	galleries
present participle	gallerying
past participle	galleried
past	galleried
Proper noun
plural	Gallerys

Plural of gallery: galleries

Origin of gallery

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.

Reduced form of Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled lad”), the same source of McElrath.

Words formed from gallery

Phrases with gallery

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playing to the gallery

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Questions about gallery

What does gallery mean?: Gallery means an institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
What is gallery in Hindi?: Gallery in Hindi is गैलरी (gailrī), कलादीर्घा (kalādīrghā), दर्शक दीर्घा (darshak dīrghā). See Gallery meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is gallery?: Gallery can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce gallery?: Gallery is pronounced /ˈɡæləɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of gallery?: The plural of gallery is galleries.

Words near gallery in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: gallery (page history and authors); Gallery (page history and authors); gallery (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gallery (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gallery (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gallery (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gallery (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gallery (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gallery (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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