gondola

Meanings

Plural: gondolas, gondole

Noun

a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof
long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice
the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
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.
A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.
The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc.
A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.
The hanging cart in which a glass-cleaning worker stands to clean exterior glass on tall buildings.
A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.
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.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetan góndoƚa, from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “cutter, kind of ship”).

Synonyms

cable car, car, gon, gondola car

Scrabble Score: 9

gondola is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
gondola is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gondola is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

gondola is a valid Words With Friends word