galley

«galley» in Mova's school dictionary: the kitchen on a ship, boat or plane — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a galley, galleys)

meaning for a pupil

1) A galley is the kitchen on a ship, boat or plane. tree →

2) (history) A galley was a long ship moved mainly by many oars, often rowed by slaves or prisoners, used by ancient Greeks, Romans and in the Mediterranean. tree →

3) (printing) A galley (or galley proof) is a long first printing of a text, used to check for mistakes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons galleys appear with the Romans, Vikings (longships are similar) and sea battles. In stories about ships, the cook works in the galley. On a plane, the flight attendants prepare food in the galley. Phrases: «galley slave», «ship's galley».

examples

• The cook made soup in the ship's galley. tree →
• Roman galleys had rows of oars. tree →
• Galley slaves rowed in chains. tree →
• The flight attendant went to the galley to get drinks. tree →
• The narrow galley on our boat had a tiny stove. tree →
• Pirates attacked the galley near the coast. tree →
• "Go to Argus, the shipbuilder, and bid him build a galley with fifty oars." tree →

note

Countable: a galley, galleys (y → s after a vowel). Do not confuse with «gallery» (a place for art) or «gully» (a small valley). A galley kitchen in a house is a narrow kitchen like a ship's.

In the corpora

• Mediterranean galleys were often rowed by prisoners, captives and enslaved people, on both Christian and Muslim sides.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «galley» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.