Galley

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical A large, usually single-decked medieval ship of shallow draft, propelled by sails and oars and used as a merchant ship or warship in the Mediterranean.
  • n. Nautical An ancient Mediterranean seagoing vessel propelled by oars.
  • n. Nautical A large rowboat formerly used by British customs officers.
  • n. The kitchen of an airliner, ship, or camper.
  • n. Printing A long tray, usually of metal, used for holding composed type.
  • n. Printing Galley proof.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
  • n. A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
  • n. One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
  • n. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
  • n. An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
  • n. An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
  • n. A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.
  • n. A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.
  • n. A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.
  • n. A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
  • n. One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
  • n. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
  • n. An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
  • n.
  • n. An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
  • n. A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A sea-going vessel propelled by oars, or using both oars and sails.
  • n. A state barge; a large boat, especially one used in display; in a special use, an open boat formerly employed on the Thames in England by custom-house officers and press-gangs, and for pleasure.
  • n. A boat, somewhat larger than a gig, appropriated for the captain's use on a war-ship. [Eng.]
  • n. The cook-room, kitchen, or caboose of a merchant ship, man-of-war, or steamer; also, the stove or range in the galley.
  • n. In printing, an oblong shallow tray of brass or wood, rarely of zinc, on which the compositor deposits his type.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. 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
  • n. the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner
  • n. the area for food preparation on a ship
  • n. (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    vessel    watercraft    kitchen   
    Cross Reference
    standing galley    quadrireme    monoreme    unireme    quinquereme    trireme    pentere    penteconter    bireme    polyreme   
    Variant
    caboose   
    Form
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Allie    Cali    Challis    Halle    Halley    Hally    Lally    Sallee    Sallie    Sally   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    frigate    schooner    barge    cruiser    steamer    vessel    fleet    sloop    yacht    craft