Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gondola
3 senses of gondola
Sense 1
gondola car, gondola -- (a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof)
=> freight car -- (a railway car that carries freight)
Sense 2
gondola -- (long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice)
=> boat -- (a small vessel for travel on water)
Sense 3
car, gondola -- (the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant)
=> compartment -- (a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area)