pontoon (redirected from Pontoons)

pon·toon  (pn-tn)

n.

1. A floating structure, such as a flatbottom boat, that is used to support a bridge.

2. A floating structure serving as a dock.

3. A float on a seaplane.

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[French ponton, from Old French, from Latin pont, pontn-, floating bridge, from pns, pont-, bridge; see pent- in Indo-European roots.]

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pontoon ¹

Noun

a floating platform used to support a bridge [Latin ponto punt]

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pontoon ²

Noun

a card game in which players try to obtain sets of cards worth 21 points [probably an alteration of French vingt-et-un twenty-one]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pontoon - (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter - a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) boat - a small vessel for travel on water bateau bridge, floating bridge, pontoon bridge - a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons
	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

Translations

pontoon [pɔnˈtuːn] n → pontón m;

(BRIT) (card game) → veintiuna

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pontoon [pɔnˈtuːn] n → ponton m;

(Brit) (Cards) → vingt-et-un m

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pontoon [pɔnˈtuːn] n (= floating platform) → Ponton m;

(Cards) → Siebzehnundvier nt

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pontoon [pɔnˈtuːn] n → pontone m;

(BRIT ) (CARDS) → ventuno

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pontoon¹

n pontoon [ponˈtuːn]

one of the flat-bottomed boats used to support a temporary roadway (a pontoon bridge) across a river etc. pont زَوْرَق للتَّجْسير , лодка за понтонен мост ponton ponton der Ponton επίπεδη βάρκα που λειτουργεί σαν γέφυρα pontón pontoon قایق ته پهن؛ پانتون ponttoni ponton סִירָה שטוּחָה पीपा pontonski čamac ponton ponton flatbytna, flatbotnaður bátur pontone 浮橋 평저 보트 pontonas, pontoninis tiltas pontons; pontontilts pontun ponton pongtong; flyte-(bru) ponton pontão pon­ton; bac понтон pontón ponton ponton ponton เรือท้องแบน duba; dubalı köprü (架設浮橋用的)平底船，浮橋 понтон چوڑے تلے کي کشتي cầu phao （架设浮桥用的）平底船，浮桥