<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.</li><li>the uppermost of such areas in a theater, usually containing the cheapest seats.</li><li>the occupants of such an area in a theater.</li><li>the general public, especially when regarded as having popular or uncultivated tastes.</li><li>any group of spectators or observers, as at a golf match, a Congressional session, etc.</li><li>a room, series of rooms, or building devoted to the exhibition and often the sale of works of art.</li><li>a long covered area, narrow and open at one or both sides, used especially as a walk or corridor.</li><li>(Chiefly South Atlantic States) a long porch or portico; veranda.</li><li>a long, relatively narrow room, especially one for public use.</li><li>a corridor, especially one having architectural importance through its scale or decorative treatment.</li><li>a raised, balcony-like platform or passageway running along the exterior wall of a building inside or outside.</li><li>a large room or building used for photography, target practice, or other special purposes: a shooting gallery.</li><li>a collection of art for exhibition.</li><li>(Theater) a narrow, raised platform located beyond the acting area, used by stagehands or technicians to stand on when working.</li><li>(Nautical) a projecting balcony or structure on the quarter or stern of a vessel.</li><li>(Furniture) an ornamental railing or cresting surrounding the top of a table, stand, desk, etc.</li><li>(Mining) a level or drift.</li><li>a small tunnel in a dam, mine, or rock, for various purposes, as inspection or drainage.</li><li>a passageway made by an animal.</li><li>(Fortification Obsolete) an underground or covered passage to another part of a fortified position.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>