Meaning

An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art..

Definitions by Sense

1. An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
2. An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
3. The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
4. (by extension, metonymic) The spectators at an event, collectively.
5. (law) The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
6. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
7. (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
8. (fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

We could afford the less expensive seats in the gallery.

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.

appealing to the gallery

Word Forms

• galleries
• gallerying
• galleried

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Use gallery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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