Gondola - What does it mean?
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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.
# An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain; an enclosed ski lift; a cable car.
# The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc.
# The hanging cart in which a glass-cleaning worker stands to clean exterior glass on tall buildings.
# That part of a transporter bridge that carries passengers, vehicles, along the length of the bridge span.
(rail transport) (US) 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.
Image:Venice - Gondola 02.jpg, A Venetian gondola
Image:Wagon tombereau.jpg, A rail transport gondola wagon
Image:Modern airship gondola.jpg, A modern airship gondola
Image:Transbordador puente vizcaya.jpg, A transporter bridge gondola
Image:Aiguille fg03.jpg, A ski lift gondola
Image:Platform window cleaner.jpg, a window cleaners' gondola