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pontoon
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French ponton, from Old French ponton, from Latin pontō, pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”).
Noun
pontoon (plural pontoons)
- A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage.
- (by extension) A bridge with floating supports.
- Synonym: pontoon bridge
- A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
- A float of a seaplane.
- A lighter or barge used for loading or unloading ships.
Derived terms
Translations
buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage
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bridge with floating supports — see pontoon bridge
box used to raise a sunken vessel
Etymology 2
Probably from vingt-un, an obsolete variant of vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”), from French.
Noun
pontoon (uncountable)
- (card games) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it.
- Synonym: vingt-et-un
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