Galley word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "galley" word
[noun] the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner
[noun] (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars
[noun] 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
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(a) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.
(b) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.
(c) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
(d) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. Note: The typical galley of the Mediterranean was from one hundred to two hundred feet long, often having twenty oars on each side. It had two or three masts rigged with lateen sails, carried guns at prow and stern, and a complement of one thousand to twelve hundred men, and was very efficient in mediaeval walfare. Galleons, galliots, galleasses, half galleys, and quarter galleys were all modifications of this type. 2. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose. 3. (Chem.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace. 4. [F. gal['e]e; the same word as E. galley a vessel.] (Print.)
(a) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
(b) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. {Galley slave}, a person condemned, often as a punishment for crime, to work at the oar on board a galley. ``To toil like a galley slave.'' --Macaulay. {Galley slice} (Print.), a sliding false bottom to a large galley. --Knight.
Synonyms for galley
caboose, cookhouse, ship's galley
See also: airliner | cuddy | kitchen | ship | trireme | vessel | watercraft |
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Let's analyse "galley" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YELLAG. Average typing speed for these characters is 1725 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
galley: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 (or 4 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Six. |
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