car, gondola
(noun) the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
gondola
(noun) long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gondola (plural gondolas or gondole)
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.
The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc.
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.
(rail transport, US) A type of open railway car with low sides, used to carry heavy freight such as crushed rock or steel.
A free-standing shelving unit in a supermarket.
• (rail transport): gondola car, gon
• (ski lift): cable car
gondola (third-person singular simple present gondolas, present participle gondolaing, simple past and past participle gondolaed)
To travel by gondola.
• Dongola
Source: Wiktionary
Gon"do*la, n. Etym: [It., dim. of gonda a gondola; cf. LL. gandeia a kind of boat, Gr. gondole gondola, cup.]
1. A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now.
2. A flat-bottomed boat for freight. [U. S.]
3. A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.