picture-gallery

A family walks through a picture-gallery to admire the paintings.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A room or building for displaying works of art: A "picture-gallery" is a space, such as a room, hall, or building, where paintings or other visual artworks are exhibited for public viewing.
   • A collection of pictures: It can also refer to a set of pictures, often arranged for display or reference, such as in a book or online.

Usage Examples

• (A room or building where paintings are exhibited.)
• (A collection of pictures displayed digitally.)

Advanced Usage

• "to turn a place into a picture-gallery": to decorate a space with many pictures or artworks.
  • They turned their living room into a picture-gallery of family photographs. (They covered the walls with many framed pictures.)

Variants and Related Words

• Picture-gallery (n): The exact compound word; note the hyphenated form is standard.
• Picture (n): a visual representation or image.
  • He hung a picture on the wall. (A single image.)
• Gallery (n): a room or building for displaying art.
  • The gallery opened a new exhibition. (A space for art.)

Synonyms

• Art gallery: a place for exhibiting works of art.
• Exhibition hall: a large room where artworks are shown.
• Museum: a building containing collections of art or artifacts.

Related Idioms

• A picture-gallery of faces: a figurative description of a group of people with varied expressions.
  • At the reunion, it was a picture-gallery of faces from the past. (A diverse collection of familiar expressions.)