GALLEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does galley mean? 

• GALLEY (noun)
  The noun GALLEY has 4 senses:

1. a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

2. (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars

3. the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner

4. the area for food preparation on a ship

  Familiarity information: GALLEY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALLEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("galley" is a kind of...):

vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("galley" is a kind of...):

vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

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

trireme (ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("galley" is a kind of...):

kitchen (a room equipped for preparing meals)

Holonyms ("galley" is a part of...):

airliner (a commercial airplane that carries passengers)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The area for food preparation on a ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

caboose; cookhouse; galley; ship's galley

Hypernyms ("galley" is a kind of...):

kitchen (a room equipped for preparing meals)

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

cuddy (the galley or pantry of a small ship)

Holonyms ("galley" is a part of...):

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

 Context examples 

Later on, in the galley, I noticed that his ear was bruised and swollen.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

At each end of the yard there did indeed hang the dark figure of a man, jolting and lurching with hideous jerkings of its limbs at every plunge and swoop of the galley.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Why, Silver, said the captain, if you had pleased to be an honest man, you might have been sitting in your galley.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Nay; he is even more prisoner than the slave of the galley, than the madman in his cell.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

If you have either guineas or interest you can climb over the heads of old sea-officers, though you may not know the poop from the galley, or a carronade from a long nine.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Of course, Demi tyrannized over Daisy, and gallantly defended her from every other aggressor, while Daisy made a galley slave of herself, and adored her brother as the one perfect being in the world.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But what is that upon the other galley?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I limped to the galley and handed it to him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

But when they saw Redruth waiting for them in the sparred galley, they went about ship at once, and a head popped out again on deck.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“I would I had your eyes,” said Sir Nigel, blinking at the pirate galleys.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)