gallery
♦ gal|lery /g'æləri/ (galleries)
1 [N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES]
A gallery is a place that has permanent exhibitions of works of art in it.
...an art gallery.
...the National Gallery.
2 [N-COUNT]
A gallery is a privately owned building or room where people can look at and buy works of art.
The painting is in the gallery upstairs.
3 [N-COUNT]
A gallery is an area high above the ground at the back or at the sides of a large room or hall.
A crowd already filled the gallery.
4 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The gallery in a theatre or concert hall is an area high above the ground that usually contains the cheapest seats.
They had been forced to find cheap tickets in the gallery.
[PHRASE] V inflects
If you play to the gallery, you do something in public in a way which you hope will impress people.
...but I must tell you that in my opinion you're both now playing to the gallery.press gal|lery (press galleries)
[N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The press gallery is the area in a parliament, legislature, or council which is reserved for journalists who report on its activities.rogues' gal|lery
1 [N-SING] oft N of n
A rogues' gallery is a collection of photographs of criminals that is kept by the police and used when they want to identify someone. (JOURNALISM)
...a Rogues' Gallery of juvenile crime gangs.
2 [N-SING] oft N of n
You can refer to a group of people or things that you consider undesirable as a rogues' gallery. (JOURNALISM)
He and others in the rogues' gallery of international terrorists may be running out of time.shoot|ing gal|lery (shooting galleries)
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A shooting gallery is a place where people use rifles to shoot at targets, especially in order to win prizes.
1 [N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES]
A gallery is a place that has permanent exhibitions of works of art in it.
...an art gallery.
...the National Gallery.
2 [N-COUNT]
A gallery is a privately owned building or room where people can look at and buy works of art.
The painting is in the gallery upstairs.
3 [N-COUNT]
A gallery is an area high above the ground at the back or at the sides of a large room or hall.
A crowd already filled the gallery.
4 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The gallery in a theatre or concert hall is an area high above the ground that usually contains the cheapest seats.
They had been forced to find cheap tickets in the gallery.
[PHRASE] V inflects
If you play to the gallery, you do something in public in a way which you hope will impress people.
...but I must tell you that in my opinion you're both now playing to the gallery.press gal|lery (press galleries)
[N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The press gallery is the area in a parliament, legislature, or council which is reserved for journalists who report on its activities.rogues' gal|lery
1 [N-SING] oft N of n
A rogues' gallery is a collection of photographs of criminals that is kept by the police and used when they want to identify someone. (JOURNALISM)
...a Rogues' Gallery of juvenile crime gangs.
2 [N-SING] oft N of n
You can refer to a group of people or things that you consider undesirable as a rogues' gallery. (JOURNALISM)
He and others in the rogues' gallery of international terrorists may be running out of time.shoot|ing gal|lery (shooting galleries)
[N-COUNT]
A shooting gallery is a place where people use rifles to shoot at targets, especially in order to win prizes.