GONDOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gondola mean? 

• GONDOLA (noun)
  The noun GONDOLA has 3 senses:

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

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

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

  Familiarity information: GONDOLA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GONDOLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gondola; gondola car

Hypernyms ("gondola" is a kind of...):

freight car (a railway car that carries freight)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gondola" is a kind of...):

boat (a small vessel for travel on water)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

car; gondola

Hypernyms ("gondola" is a kind of...):

compartment (a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area)

Holonyms ("gondola" is a part of...):

airship; dirigible (a steerable self-propelled aircraft)