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- pronunciation:
- gae
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ri
- phrases:
- play to the gallery
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
galleries |
| definition 1: |
a long, narrow room, hallway, or promenade that is covered and open at one or both ends.
The furnishings in the upstairs gallery date from the eighteenth century.- synonyms:
- corridor, hall, hallway, passageway
- similar words:
- ambulatory, arcade, cloister, loggia, promenade
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| definition 2: |
a long, balconylike upper floor of a building, esp. as found in a theater, and containing the cheapest seats.
Our seats were high up in the gallery, and the dancers seemed tiny.- synonyms:
- balcony
- similar words:
- loggia
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| definition 3: |
a building devoted to the display or sale of art, or the business connected with it.
The painting was hung in a prominent spot in the gallery.This area of town has wonderful galleries, boutiques, and cafes.The gallery refused to exhibit the controversial paintings.
- synonyms:
- salon
- similar words:
- museum
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| definition 4: |
a group of spectators, as at a golf or tennis match.
- synonyms:
- audience, spectators
- similar words:
- bleachers, grandstand, house, stands
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| definition 5: |
the general public, viewed as having rather unrefined tastes.
- synonyms:
- hoi polloi, masses, people
- similar words:
- commoners, crowd, public
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| definition 6: |
a room devoted to a particular purpose.
a shooting gallery- synonyms:
- hall
- similar words:
- arcade, facility
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| definition 7: |
an underground passageway, as in a mining system.
- synonyms:
- tunnel
- similar words:
- adit, crosscut, passage, shaft
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| related words: |
chamber, hall, theater |
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| phrase: |
play to the gallery |
| derivation: |
galleried (adj.) |
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