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Gondola Car
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Gondola Car
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1.
a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high ornamented stem and a platform at the stern where an oarsman stands and propels the boat by sculling or punting: traditionally used on the canals of Venice
2.
a.
a car or cabin suspended from an airship or balloon
b.
a moving cabin suspended from a cable across a valley, etc
3.
a flat-bottomed barge used on canals and rivers of the US as far west as the Mississippi
4. US and Canadian
a low open flat-bottomed railway goods wagon
5.
a set of island shelves in a self-service shop: used for displaying goods
6. Canadian
a broadcasting booth built close to the roof over an ice-hockey arena, used by commentators
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Gondola Car
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1.
a long, narrow boat for a few passengers used on the canals of Venice, having a high, pointed prow and stern and propelled by a single long oar at the stern
2. US
a flat-bottomed river barge
3. US
a railroad freight car with no top and, often, with low sides
: also gondola car4. US
a cabin suspended under an airship or balloon, for holding the motors, instruments, passengers, etc.
5. US
a car suspended from and moved along a cable, for holding passengers
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Gondola Car
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An open railroad freight car with low sides.
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