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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 exhibited
Familiarity information: PICTURE GALLERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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