| Share    Pronunciation: (gon'dl-u or, esp. for 1, gon-dō'lu),
[key] 1. a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat having a tall,
ornamental stem and stern and sometimes a small cabin for
passengers, rowed or poled by a single person who stands at the
stern, facing forward: used esp. on the canals of Venice, Italy.
2. a passenger compartment suspended beneath a balloon or
airship. Cf. car1 (def. 4). 4. Also called gon'dola car". an
open railroad freight car with low sides, for transporting bulk
freight and manufactured goods. 5. a truck whose bed or trailer
is a hopper, as for transporting mixed cement. 6. a freestanding
structure for displaying merchandise in a retail establishment,
as a supermarket. 7. a chair or couch having a gondola back.
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