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Gallery Definition–noun, plural -ler·ies. | 1. | a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc. |
| 2. | the uppermost of such areas in a theater, usually containing the cheapest seats. |
| 3. | the occupants of such an area in a theater. |
| 4. | the general public, esp. when regarded as having popular or uncultivated tastes. |
| 5. | any group of spectators or observers, as at a golf match, a Congressional session, etc. |
| 6. | a room, series of rooms, or building devoted to the exhibition and often the sale of works of art. |
| 7. | a long covered area, narrow and open at one or both sides, used esp. as a walk or corridor. |
| 8. | Chiefly South Atlantic States. a long porch or portico; veranda. |
| 9. | a long, relatively narrow room, esp. one for public use. |
| 10. | a corridor, esp. one having architectural importance through its scale or decorative treatment. |
| 11. | a raised, balconylike platform or passageway running along the exterior wall of a building inside or outside. |
| 12. | a large room or building used for photography, target practice, or other special purposes: a shooting gallery. |
| 13. | a collection of art for exhibition. |
| 14. | Theater. a narrow, raised platform located beyond the acting area, used by stagehands or technicians to stand on when working. |
| 15. | Nautical. a projecting balcony or structure on the quarter or stern of a vessel. |
| 16. | Furnit
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ure. an ornamental railing or cresting surrounding the top of a table, stand, desk, etc. |
| 17. | Mining. a level or drift. |
| 18. | a small tunnel in a dam, mine, or rock, for various purposes, as inspection or drainage. |
| 19. | a passageway made by an animal. |
| 20. | Fortification Obsolete. an underground or covered passage to another part of a fortified position. |
—Idiom| 21. | play to the gallery, to attempt to appeal to the popular taste, as opposed to a more refined or esoteric taste: Movies, though still playing mainly to the gallery, have taken their place as a significant art form. |
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