gallery

🇺🇸 /ˈɡæləri/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɡæləri/
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Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
noun
A2

a room or building where art is shown to people

We visited the art gallery to see the new paintings.

R

a group of pictures

Look at the photo gallery on our website to see event pictures.

R

a small shop that sells art

She bought a painting from the local art gallery.

R

an upper area in a large room where people sit

People in the gallery watched the court case.

R

the top level in a theater with cheap seats

We sat in the gallery because the tickets were cheap.

R

a long narrow room for a special use

The shooting gallery is used for practice.

R

an underground passage in a mine or cave

The miners walked through the dark gallery.

translation

n. a room or building where art is shown to people; a group of pictures; a small shop that sells art; an upper area in a large room where people sit; the top level in a theater with cheap seats; a long narrow room for a special use; an underground passage in a mine or cave

Word Forms

Plural galleries