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gondola
/ˈɡɑndələ/
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What does gondola mean?
noun
- A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.
- 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.
More meanings (5)
noun
- 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.
- 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; An end bay; A parasite display.
verb
- To travel by gondola.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡɑndələ/
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There are songs to be heard at every street corner, music in the wake of every gondola.
Auxiliary rudders were also fitted in case of a breakdown of the main steering gear abaft the after gondola.
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On the canal was a sort of gondola, adorned with flags and streamers, and filled with music, rowing about.
“Mrs. James,” sitting at the window of her room watching for them, saw the new Lord land from the gondola first.
At the head of the marble steps were two vases filled with red and yellow flowers, while at the foot was moored a gondola.