gondola
noun/ˈɡɑndələ/
Frequency rank: #14,197 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a long, flat-bottomed boat used on canals, especially in Venice, steered with a pole.
Example sentence
The tourists floated through the canals of Venice in that narrow gondola steered by a local guide.
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