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Noun: whispering gallery  'wis-pu-ring'ga-lu-ree
  1. A space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points
    "Visitors to the cathedral were amazed by the acoustics in the whispering gallery";
    - whispering dome

Derived forms: whispering galleries

Type of: dome

Encyclopedia: Whispering gallery