gallery

/ˈgæləri/

/ˈgæləri/

Other forms: galleries

A gallery is an area of a building that's usually long, narrow, and has a specific function. You might visit an art gallery to check out a row of paintings hung on its walls.

There are a few kinds of galleries, but the first is a part of a house or building that's unusually long and narrow. A gallery also has some sort of purpose: in a theater, a gallery is a place where additional seats are located. A gallery is also somewhere art is shown and sold. Art galleries can be one room of a larger place, a series of rooms, or a whole building devoted to art.

Definitions of gallery

1. noun

   a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
   synonyms: veranda, verandah

   types:

   lanai

   a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room

   type of:

   porch

   a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
2. noun

   narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
   types:

   amphitheater, amphitheatre

   a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)

   choir loft

   a gallery in a church occupied by the choir

   organ loft

   a gallery occupied by a church organ

   type of:

   balcony

   a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet
3. noun

   a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
   type of:

   corridor

   an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
4. noun

   a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose
   “shooting gallery”

   type of:

   room

   an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
5. noun

   a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
   synonyms: art gallery, picture gallery

   types:

   salon

   gallery where works of art can be displayed

   type of:

   room

   an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
6. noun

   a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
   synonyms: drift, heading

   type of:

   passageway

   a passage between rooms or between buildings
7. noun

   spectators at a golf or tennis match
   type of:

   audience

   a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance