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Gondola vs X - What's the difference?

gondola | x |

As a noun gondola

is (boat).

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

gondola

Noun

(en 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.
  • # 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

    Synonyms

    * (rail transport) gondola car, gon * (enclosed ski lift) cable car

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----