gondola

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• 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.

Verb

• To travel by gondola.

Related

Similar words

• gondola car, gon
• cable car

Origin

• Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoła, likely to have derived from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα.