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Definitions for Gondola

[1] a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat having a tall, ornamental stem and stern and sometimes a small cabin for passengers, rowed or poled by a single person who stands at the stern, facing forward: used especially on the canals of Venice, Italy.
[2] a passenger compartment suspended beneath a balloon or airship. Compare car1(def 4) .
[3] an enclosed cabin suspended from an overhead cable, used to transport passengers up and down a ski slope or over scenic or treacherous terrain.
[4] Also called gondola car . an open railroad freight car with low sides, for transporting bulk freight and manufactured goods.
[5] a truck whose bed or trailer is a hopper, as for transporting mixed cement.
[6] a freestanding structure for displaying merchandise in a retail establishment, as a supermarket.
[7] a chair or couch having a gondola back.
[8] a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high ornamented stem and a platform at the stern where an oarsman stands and propels the boat by sculling or punting: traditionally used on the canals of Venice
[9] a car or cabin suspended from an airship or balloon a moving cabin suspended from a cable across a valley, etc
[10] a flat-bottomed barge used on canals and rivers of the US as far west as the Mississippi
[11] US and Canadian a low open flat-bottomed railway goods wagon
[12] a set of island shelves in a self-service shop: used for displaying goods
[13] Canadian a broadcasting booth built close to the roof over an ice-hockey arena, used by commentators

Words related to Gondola

dinghy, canoe, sailboat, yacht, craft, barge, raft, ship, catamaran, schooner, bottom, hulk, launch, skiff, bucket, bark, ark, lifeboat, ketch, steamboat

Words nearby Gondola

goncharov, goncourt, gond, gondar, gondi, gondola, gondola back, gondoletta, gondolier, gondomar, gondwana

Origin of Gondola

1540–50; < Italian < Venetian, probably < Medieval Greek kontoúra small boat used in coastal navigation, noun use of feminine of kóntouros short, clipped, literally, dock-tailed, equivalent to Late Greek kont(ós ), kond(ós ) short + Greek -ouros -tailed, adj. derivative of ourá tail

Word origin for Gondola

C16: from Italian (Venetian dialect), from Medieval Latin gondula, perhaps ultimately from Greek kondu drinking vessel

Synonyms for Gondola

barge, canoe, catamaran, craft, dinghy, raft, sailboat, schooner, ship, yacht, ark, bark, bottom, bucket, dory, hulk, ketch, launch, lifeboat, pinnace, scow, skiff, sloop, steamboat, tub, bateau