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gallery

noun

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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 of gallery

museum, salon
Words Related to gallery

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 of gallery

concourse, corridor, hall, hallway, passageway
Words Related to gallery

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 of gallery

lanai, piazza [dialect], porch, stoop, veranda (or verandah)
Words Related to gallery

galilee, portico

sleeping porch, solarium, sunporch, sunroom (also sun parlor)

porte cochere

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