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PICTURE GALLERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does picture gallery mean? 

PICTURE GALLERY (noun)
  The noun PICTURE GALLERY has 1 sense:

1. a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibitedplay

  Familiarity information: PICTURE GALLERY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PICTURE GALLERY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

art gallery; gallery; picture gallery

Hypernyms ("picture gallery" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "picture gallery"):

salon (gallery where works of art can be displayed)


 Context examples 


The trip was like riding through a long picture gallery, full of lovely landscapes.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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