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GONDOLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
Synonyms:
car; gondola
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
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:
A low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof
Synonyms:
gondola; gondola car
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gondola" is a kind of...):
freight car (a railway car that carries freight)
