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Word entry · 6 letters

galley

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"Ship's kitchen"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡæli/Part of speech nounSorted aegllyStarts with GEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the area for food preparation on a ship

Word origin

From Middle English galeie, from Old French galee, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea) of unknown origin, probably from Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē), a kind of a small fish, from γαλεός (galeós, “dog-fish or small shark”).

Used in a sentence

  • It was very nerve-racking. When I was finally able to write the story, I wrote it at the typewriter and never reread it until I had to edit the typos on the printer's galleys for the publication of the book.

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