noun (plural galleries)
1 a room or building for showing works of art, especially to the public:
an art / a picture gallery * the National Gallery
seealsoARTGALLERY
2 a small private shop/store where you can see and buy works of art
3 an upstairs area at the back or sides of a large hall where people can sit:
Relatives of the victim watched from the public gallery as the murder charge was read out in court.
seealsoPRESSGALLERY
4 the highest level in a theatre where the cheapest seats are
5 a long narrow room, especially one used for a particular purpose
seealsoSHOOTINGGALLERY
6 a level passage under the ground in a mine or CAVE
IDIOMS
play to the gallery to behave in an exaggerated way to attract people's attention
