Gondola Car (Noun)
Meaning
A low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The gondola car was filled to the brim with loose gravel, which was carefully secured with a tarp to prevent spills during transport.
- As the train rumbled down the tracks, the gondola car in the middle of the convoy was filled with rusty scrap metal.
- The gondola car was the perfect solution for hauling the large and cumbersome pipes to the construction site.
- After a long day of loading, the gondola car was finally full of coal, ready to be shipped to the power plant.
- The open-top design of the gondola car made it easy to load and unload the large machinery parts.