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noun
a space or gallery beneath a dome or broad arch in which low sounds produced at any of certain points are clearly audible at certain other distant points.
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Origin of whispering gallery
First recorded in 1690–1700
Words nearby whispering gallery
whisper, whispered, whisperer, whispering, whispering campaign, whispering gallery, whisperous, whispery, whist, whist drive, whistle
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British Dictionary definitions for whispering gallery
whispering gallery
noun
a gallery or dome with acoustic characteristics such that a sound made at one point is audible at distant points
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