noun
gondola
A freestanding shelving unit for displaying goods in a shop.
A freestanding gondola displays cereal boxes in the grocery store.
Etymology
The display unit borrows a name already associated with long carrying structures. In retail, it identifies a freestanding fixture holding merchandise along its sides.
More examples
- Customers browse both sides of the gondola.
- The store arranges its gondolas in rows to create aisles.
- We adjust the gondola's shelves to fit taller bottles.
Forms
gondola · gondolas