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Definition of GALLERY

1

a building or part of a building in which objects of interest are displayed <visited an array of art galleries while on vacation>

Synonyms gallery, salon

Related Words archives, assemblage, collection, library; display, exhibition; studio

2

a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building <the guest rooms in the east wing rooms open up onto a long windowed gallery>

Synonyms concourse, corridor, gallery, hallway, passage, passageway

Related Words arcade, breezeway, cloister, loggia, piazza

3

Southern & Midland  a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building <a big old house with a wraparound gallery just made for a line of rocking chairs>

Synonyms gallery [Southern & Midland], lanai, piazza [dialect], stoop, veranda (or verandah)

Related Words galilee, portico; sleeping porch, solarium, sunporch, sunroom (also sun parlor); porte cochere