Definition of "gallery" in English

noun

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. (by extension, metonymic) The spectators at an event, collectively.

   • The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery

5. (law) 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

6. 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

7. (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.

   • a gallery of image thumbnails
   • a clip-art gallery in a word processor

8. (fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.

   • the galleries of the fort

9. (mining) A level or drive in a mine.

   • the lower galleries

10. (automotive) A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.

    • the main gallery

11. (television) The production control room.

12. 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

13. 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

14. (entomology) The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.