Gallery ˈɡæləri Public Noun Picture Painting Display National

• a picture gallery
• the painting is now on display at the national gallery in london.
• the most famous sculpture in the gallery
• the extension will provide plenty of new gallery space.

gallery

1. a room or building for showing works of art, especially to the public
• SEE ALSO art gallery
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/art-gallery
• a picture gallery
• The painting is now on display at the National Gallery in London.
• the most famous sculpture in the gallery
• The extension will provide plenty of new gallery space.

Extra Examples

• Some of his work has been exhibited by local art galleries.
• a fabulous gallery housing the work of major artists
• a gallery specializing in ceramics
2. a collection of pictures
• Visit the photo gallery on our website to see pictures from the event.
• an extensive gallery of colour photographs
3. a small private shop where you can see and buy works of art
4. an upstairs area at the back or sides of a large hall where people can sit
• SEE ALSO press gallery
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/press-gallery
• Relatives of the victim watched from the public gallery as the murder charge was read out in court.

Extra Examples

• The packed public gallery at Teesside Crown Court erupted in a roar of approval.
• I found myself in a wide gallery looking down on the floor below.
5. the highest level in a theatre where the cheapest seats are
• SEE ALSO peanut gallery
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/peanut-gallery
6. a long narrow room, especially one used for a particular purpose
• SEE ALSO shooting gallery
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/shooting-gallery
7. a level passage under the ground in a mine or cave
8. to behave in an exaggerated way to attract people’s attention

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in senses (5 and 6)): via Old French from Italian galleria ‘gallery’, formerly also ‘church porch’, from medieval Latin galeria, perhaps an alteration of galilea ‘Galilee’.