galley — a long narrow room, especially a kitchen in a ship or aircraft
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: a long narrow room, especially a kitchen in a ship or aircraft
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈɡæli/
Example Sentences
- The airplane galley was so small that two flight attendants couldn't work there at the same time.
- Captain Jack's galley was famous for serving the worst sea biscuits in the entire Caribbean.
- The museum displayed a beautiful model of a medieval galley with 50 oars.
galley
NOUN[/ˈɡæli/]
a long narrow room, especially a kitchen in a ship or aircraft
Narrow kitchen in aircraft
Cooking in the galley while sailing through the valley for the rally!
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
The word derives from Medieval Latin galea, originally meaning 'helmet'. The term was later applied to a type of ship, likely due to the visual similarity between an inverted helmet and the vessel's curved hull shape.
Breakdown
galea (helmet) → galley (ship; kitchen). The semantic shift reflects a metaphorical extension based on the resemblance of the ship's silhouette to an overturned helmet.
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“The airplane galley was so small that two flight attendants couldn't work there at the same time.”
“Captain Jack's galley was famous for serving the worst sea biscuits in the entire Caribbean.”
“The museum displayed a beautiful model of a medieval galley with 50 oars.”
“Modern cruise ships have galleys the size of entire restaurants on land.”
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