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gallery

noun

A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
G
Ends with
Y
Contains
AL
Scrabble score
11
CEFR level
A2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈɡæləɹi

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noun

  1. A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

    “They dug a drift parallel with the vein”

noun

  1. Narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade

noun

  1. A covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)

noun

  1. A long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose

    “Shooting gallery”

noun

  1. A room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited

noun

  1. A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)

noun

  1. Spectators at a golf or tennis match

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Example Sentences

They dug a drift parallel with the vein
Shooting gallery

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