gondola

IPA: gˈɑndʌɫʌ

noun

  • A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.
  • A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.
  • An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain; an enclosed ski lift; a cable car.
  • The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc.
  • The hanging cart in which a glass-cleaning worker stands to clean exterior glass on tall buildings.
  • That part of a transporter bridge that carries passengers, vehicles, along the length of the bridge span.
  • (rail transport, US) A type of open railway car with low sides, used to carry heavy freight such as crushed rock or steel.
  • A free-standing display unit in a supermarket or other retail store, where goods are shelved or hung on pegs or hooks for sale.

verb

  • To travel by gondola.
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