Illustration of gondola
- gondola 1
gondola
noun
gon·do·la
gän-ˈdō-
(usual for sense 1)
ˈgän-də-lə
gän-ˈdō-
1
: a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high prow and stern used on the canals of Venice
2
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
Examples of gondola in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The Jungfrau Region has three main skiing areas—Mürren-Schilthorn, Grindelwald-Wengen, and Grindelwald-First—and you conveniently only need one ski pass to access all of the lifts and gondolas.
—
Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Laura was all for taking a gondola.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
In 2021, a man planed to propose to his girlfriend during a romantic gondola ride in Las Vegas, with passersby stopping to watch and record the sweet moment.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
From Montreux, a bus gets you to Col du Pillon, where a gondola whisks you up to Glacier 3000.
—AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gondola
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Laura was all for taking a gondola.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
In 2021, a man planed to propose to his girlfriend during a romantic gondola ride in Las Vegas, with passersby stopping to watch and record the sweet moment.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
From Montreux, a bus gets you to Col du Pillon, where a gondola whisks you up to Glacier 3000.
—AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gondola
Cite this Entry
“Gondola.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gondola. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
gondola
noun
gon·do·la
ˈgän-də-lə (
usual for sense 1
)
gän-ˈdō-
1
: a long narrow boat with a high prow and stern used on the canals of Venice
2
: a railroad car with low sides and no top used for hauling loose freight
3
: an enclosure that hangs from something: as
a
: the part of a balloon in which passengers or instruments are carried
b
: a car that hangs from a cable and is used especially as a lift for skiers
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share