gondole

Noun

gondola (plural gondolas or gondole)

1. A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.
2. An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain; an enclosed ski lift; a cable car.

   Synonyms:

   cable car

3. The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc.
4. The hanging cart in which a glass-cleaning worker stands to clean exterior glass on tall buildings.
5. That part of a transporter bridge that carries passengers, vehicles, along the length of the bridge span.
6. (US) A type of open railway car with low sides, used to carry heavy freight such as crushed rock or steel.
   • The railroad track paralleled the road, and along the track we saw lines of burned-out gondolas and freight cars which had been fired and destroyed during the war.1948, John Steinbeck, chapter 6, in A Russian Journal, page 118

   Synonyms:

   gondola car

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