: a warship of classical antiquity compare bireme, trireme
c
: a large open boat (such as a gig) formerly used in England
2
: the kitchen and cooking apparatus especially of a ship or airplane
3
a
: an oblong tray to hold especially a single column of set type
b
: a proof of typeset matter especially in a single column before being made into pages
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Weighing 1,400 pounds, the trailer features a queen-size sleeping area and a galley kitchen with upper cabinets, customizable pull-out drawers, sink, cooler and refrigerator options.—Mars King, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025 About a half hour after takeoff, an oven in the Boeing 737-800's forward galley caught on fire.—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025 The new device prevents passengers from entering the front galley adjacent to the flight deck when a pilot needs to leave the cockpit to use the restroom or for any other reason during a flight.—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 Techno is blasting in the bus galley.—Jonathan Terrell, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for galley
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Etymology
Middle English galeie, galey, borrowed from Anglo-French galee, galeie (continental Old French galee, galie), borrowed (probably in part via Upper Italian dialects) from Middle Greek galéa, after galéa "the shark Galeorhinus galeus," probably re-formation of Greek galeós, a name for the same fish, of uncertain origin
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