galley
/ˈɡæli/
galley noun: a long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
Noun
galley (plural galleys or (obsolete) gallies)
- A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
- A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
- One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
- The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
- An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
- An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
- It was very nerve-racking. When I was finally able to write the story, I wrote it at the typewriter and never reread it until I had to edit the typos on the printer's galleys for the publication of the book.1976 April 26, Jil Clark, Julia Penelope, Susan Wolfe, “The Politics of Language”, in Gay Community News, page 8
- A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
- A representation of a single-masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.
Proper noun capitalized: Galley
Galley (plural Galleys)
- A surname.
galley meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
galley in Hindi
- गैली
galley in Marathi
- गॅली
galley in Bengali
- গ্যালি
galley in Telugu
- గాల్లీ, గాలీ
More languagesFewer languages
- galley in Malayalam
- പുരാതന ഗ്രീക്ക്, റോമൻ പടക്കപ്പൽ, തണ്ടുവച്ച തോണി, കപ്പലിലെ പാചകശാല
- galley in Kannada
- ಗಾಲ್ಲಿ
- galley in Punjabi
- ਗੇਲੀ gelī
- galley in Gujarati
- ગેલી, ગેલ્લી
- galley in Odia
- ଗାଲ୍ଲି, ଗାଲ୍ଲୀ
- galley in Nepali
- गैली
- galley in Arabic
- قَادِس qādis
- galley in Indonesian
- galai
Examples of galley in a sentence
- “I'd still be bussin' dishes an' Rebecca here would still be workin' in the galley.
- The roast’ll be in the galley oven most of the day.
- Stickful after stickful is placed on this galley, until it also is full.
Synonyms of galley
Forms of galley
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | galleys |
| plural (obsolete) | gallies |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Galleys |
Origin of galley
From Middle English galeie, from Old French galee, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea) of unknown origin, probably from Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē), a kind of a small fish, from γαλεός (galeós, “dog-fish or small shark”).
Words formed from galley
Phrases with galley
Words that rhyme with galley
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Questions about galley
- What does galley mean?
- Galley means a long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
- What is galley in Hindi?
- Galley in Hindi is गैली. See Galley meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is galley?
- Galley can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce galley?
- Galley is pronounced /ˈɡæli/.
- What is the plural of galley?
- The plural of galley is galleys.
Words near galley in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: galley (page history and authors); Galley (page history and authors); galley (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galley (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galley (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galley (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galley (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); galley (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਗੇਲੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); galley (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galley (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galley (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.
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