: a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high prow and stern used on the canals of Venice
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a
: an elongated car attached to the underside of an airship
b
: an often spherical airtight enclosure suspended from a balloon for carrying passengers or instruments
c
: an enclosed car suspended from a cable and used for transporting passengers
especially: one used as a ski lift
3
: a heavy flat-bottomed boat used on New England rivers and on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
4
: a railroad car with no top, a flat bottom, and fixed sides that is used chiefly for hauling heavy bulk commodities
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At Park City Mountain, chair lift rides open up for the summer season from the Town Lift, Payday Lift, or Crescent Lift, and gondola rides start from the Red Pine Gondola in Canyons Village.—AFAR Media, 4 July 2025 Aside from attending the wedding celebrations and going for gondola rides in Venice, the Kylie Cosmetics founder also made sure to view art at a museum in the city and spend time with her two children, Stormi and Aire Webster.—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 30 June 2025 The Pixar Pal-A-Round eccentric wheel with sliding gondolas in Pixar Pier at Disney California Adventure will be closed July 14-24 for a seasonal refurbishment.—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 26 June 2025 In a serene scene in Venice in 1963, a man reads beneath an archway, his back against the wall, gondolas docked in the canal below.—Donna Seaman
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Word History
Etymology
Italian dialect (Venetian), probably from Middle Greek kontoura small vessel
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