galley

1. 1.

   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

   Broadervessel
2. 2.

   (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars

   Broadervessel

   Narrowertrireme

   antiquity

3. 3.

   the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner

   Broaderkitchen

   Part ofairliner
4. 4.

   the area for food preparation on a ship

   Synonymsship's galleycaboosecookhouse

   Broaderkitchen

   Narrowercuddy

   Part ofship

Other forms of galley

plural

galleys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about galley

What does galley mean?

galley means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in galley?

galley has 2 syllables: gal-ley. The stress falls on "gal". In IPA it is /ˈɡæli/.

What is another word for galley?

Close synonyms include ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is galley a common word?

galley is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.