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pon·toon
(pŏn-to͞on′)n.
Any of various floating structures, especially:
a. A flatbottom boat used to support a bridge.
b. A floating structure that serves as a dock.
c. Either of a pair of floats supporting a boat or seaplane.
[French ponton, from Old French, from Latin pontō, pontōn-, floating bridge, from pōns, pont-, bridge; see pent- in Indo-European roots.]
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pontoon
(pɒnˈtuːn)n
1. (Military)
a. a watertight float or vessel used where buoyancy is required in water, as in supporting a bridge, in salvage work, or where a temporary or mobile structure is required in military operations
b. (as modifier): a pontoon bridge.
2. (Nautical Terms) nautical a float, often inflatable, for raising a vessel in the water
[C17: from French ponton, from Latin pontō punt, floating bridge, from pōns bridge]
pontoon
(pɒnˈtuːn)n
1. (Card Games) Also called: twenty-one (esp US) or vingt-et-un a gambling game in which players try to obtain card combinations worth 21 points
2. (Card Games) (in this game) the combination of an ace with a ten or court card when dealt to a player as his first two cards
[C20: probably an alteration of French vingt-et-un, literally: twenty-one]
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pon•toon
(pɒnˈtun)also pon•ton
(ˈpɒn tn)n.
1. a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river.
2. a float for a derrick, landing stage, etc.
3. a seaplane float.
[1585–95; < French ponton < Latin pontōnem, acc. of pontō flat-bottomed boat, punt]
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pontoon
(card game) blackjack
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| Noun | 1. |  pontoon - (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridgeboat - a small vessel for travel on water |
| 2. | pontoon - a float supporting a seaplane amphibious aircraft, amphibian - an airplane designed to take off and land on water float - something that floats on the surface of water |
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Translations
زَوْرَق للتَّجْسيرلُعْبَة من ألْعاب الوَرَق
jednadvacetokoponton
pontonpontoon
ilmatyynyponttoni
flatbytna, flatbotnaîur báturtuttugu og einn
acītepontonspontontilts
ponton
poníkpontón
dubadubalı köprüyirmibir
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pontoon
[ˌpɒnˈtuːn] n (= floating platform) → ponton m
(British) (= card game) → vingt-et-un mpontoon bridge n → pont m flottant
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pontoon1
(ponˈtuːn) noun one of the flat-bottomed boats used to support a temporary roadway (a pontoon bridge) across a river etc.
pontoon2
(ponˈtuːn) noun a kind of card-game.
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