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gondola

noun

1 gondola

A low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof.

synonym: gondola car.

Roget 273: ship, vessel, sail; craft, bottom.    navy, marine, fleet, flotilla; shipping.    man of war etc. (combatant) 726; ... show more

Dutch: gondellift, gondola

2 gondola

Long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice.

Dutch: gondel
Polish: gondola

3 gondola

The compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant.

synonym: car.

Dutch: automobiel, kabelbaan, zweefbaan
Polish: gondola, kosz


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