Definitions for galley

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galley gal·ley

Spelling: [gal-ee]

IPA: /ˈgæl i/

Galley is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in galley (aeglly).

Definitions for galley

noun

1. a kitchen or an area with kitchen facilities in a ship, plane, or camper.
2. Nautical. a seagoing vessel propelled mainly by oars, used in ancient and medieval times, sometimes with the aid of sails. a long rowboat, as one used as a ship's boat by a warship or one used for dragging a seine. (formerly, in the U.S. Navy) a shoal-draft vessel, variously rigged, relying mainly on its sails but able to be rowed by sweeps.
3. Printing. a long, narrow tray, usually of metal, for holding type that has been set. galley proof. a rough unit of measurement, about 22 inches (56 cm), for type composition.

Origin of galley

1250-1300; Middle English galei(e) Old French galee, galie, perhaps Old Provençal galea Late Greek galéa, galaía

Examples for galley

A key clue to this was, he said, from shelves in the galley that were compressed from the bottom up.

So he ran to the galley as fast as his legs would carry him.

The King was in a galley as spectator; the Queen was in another.

I sent his publicist a galley of the book after it was finished.

Go to Argus, the shipbuilder, and bid him build a galley with fifty oars.

The captain had ordered Cooper to boil some pitch at the galley.

All at once, Jason bethought himself of the galley's miraculous figure-head.

Our anti-Sully is a guy who flies on the heels of a coke binge and pours his own cocktails in the galley.

Unable to change the diaper in the bathroom, I stepped out into the galley, and scanned the area for a flat surface.

It knocked off raining, but we shifted ourselves at the galley fire below.