galley
galley is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
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- noun. A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not
- noun. A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.
- noun. A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.
- noun. A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
- noun. One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
- noun. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
- noun. An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
- noun. An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
- noun. A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
- noun. the area for food preparation on a ship
- noun. the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner
- noun. (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars
- noun. 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
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