galley
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈɡæli/
:
cocina
- The chef is busy preparing dinner in the ship's galley.
And I've been working recently with visualizing the galley doors in a kitchen that swing both ways.
- And I've been working recently with visualizing the galley doors in a kitchen that swing both ways.
Examples
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Now, I can get to the cargo bay through the galley.
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Joe comes into the galley, his hair still rumpled from sleeping on it.
Fiction book (1990) -
This is the galley for the crew.
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Captain, I need to see you in the forward galley, right away.
Fiction book (1996) -
And up here is the galley.
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The fire's out in the galley, Captain.
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No, I got another bottle in the galley and I'm gonna get it.
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Harrison, take the cook to the galley.
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We sit silently in the galley waiting for the sun to rise on another day at sea.
Academic text (1998) -
Seawater ran constantly in the galley sink so that fresh water could be saved for drinking.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
A room in a house where people prepare and cook food
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3.8
A small area with a sink and fridge for making simple meals
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4.4
A kitchen on a ship where food is prepared and cooked
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9.4
A small kitchen on a ship where the cook prepares meals
Compounds
- Offensive
1
9.9
A person forced to row a ship as a slave, often meaning someone who does very hard work
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Etymology
Galley The word for the small kitchen on a ship, plane, or train comes from the older name for a type of ship, so it once meant a 'ship kitchen'. That ship was called a galley (from Medieval Latin galera), and the cooking area on board took the ship's name, which is why we still call an on-board kitchen a galley.