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gondola

[ UK /ɡəndˈə‍ʊlɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɑndəɫə, ɡɑnˈdoʊɫə/ ]
NOUN
  1. long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice
  2. a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof
  3. the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant

How To Use gondola In A Sentence

  • DIDIER GONDOLA, AUTHOR, "HISTORY OF CONGO": The short answer would be that Congo has been cursed by its natural resources. CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2006
  • That was until a gondola linking the village to the much fêted Verbier was installed. Times, Sunday Times
  • Mr Fournier will spend around three hours ascending in an enclosed lightweight gondola before deflating the balloon and parachuting back to earth in six minutes and 25 seconds.
  • Its impressive network of canals may lack the gondolas of its Italian sister, but the view at dusk is pretty and romantic while standing on any number of foot paths and bridges dotting the city. Magda Abu-Fadil: The Other Face of Hamburg (PHOTOS)
  • A party of us embarked in a sort of light boat called a caique, than which no species of vessel, save the gondola, cuts more softly and noiselessly through the waters. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833
  • She was bent over the bridge videoing a gondola as it floated down the canal.
  • The three areas have over two dozen ski lifts, mostly chairlifts and gondolas, serving a multitude of trails and runs from the valley floor to open slopes above treeline.
  • Hit the peaks by gondola or cable car and ride and slide to the bottom.
  • It started in a vague dream of getting off the ski-lift gondola at a mountain ski lodge, and stepping out on the metal grate.
  • The Victorian steam yacht was originally designed in the form of a Venetian gondola and was first launched in 1859 on Coniston Water.
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