flat-bottomed car

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• Flat — Flat, n. 1. A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats. [1913 Webster] Envy is as the sunbeams that… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• flat — 1 adjective flatter, flattest 1 SURFACE smooth and level, without raised or hollow areas, and not sloping or curving: a flat bottomed boat | a perfectly flat sandy beach | flat as a pancake (=very flat): The countryside near there is flat as a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• gondola car — noun a low flat bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof • Syn: ↑gondola • Hypernyms: ↑freight car * * * noun see gondola I, 3 * * * gondola car, U.S. a railroad freight car with low sides and no top, such as one for carrying scrap …   Useful english dictionary

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• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

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• gondola — noun Etymology: Italian dialect (Venetian), probably from Middle Greek kontoura small vessel Date: 1549 1. a long narrow flat bottomed boat with a high prow and stern used on the canals of Venice 2. a heavy flat bottomed boat used on New England… …   New Collegiate Dictionary