pontoon

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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pontoon¹

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. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a float, often inflatable, for raising a vessel in the water

[from French ponton, from Latin pontō punt, floating bridge, from pōns bridge]

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pontoon²

n

1. (Group Games / Card Games) Also called (esp US) twenty-one vingt-et-un a gambling game in which players try to obtain card combinations worth 21 points

2. (Group Games / 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

[probably an alteration of French vingt-et-un, literally: 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

pontoon¹ [pɒnˈtuːn]

A. N → pontón m

B. CPD pontoon bridge N → puente m de pontones

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pontoon² [pɒnˈtuːn] N (Brit) (Cards) → veintiuna f

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pontoon [ˌpɒnˈtuːn] n

(= floating platform) → ponton m

(British) (= card game) → vingt-et-un m
pontoon bridge n → pont m flottant

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pontoon¹

n → Ponton m; pontoon bridge → Pontonbrücke f

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pontoon²

n (Brit Cards) → 17 und 4 nt

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pontoon¹ [pɒnˈtuːn] n → pontone m

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pontoon¹ [pɒnˈtuːn] n → pontone m

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pontoon² [pɒnˈtuːn] n (Cards) → ventuno

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pontoon² [pɒnˈtuːn] n (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 납작한 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

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pontoon²

n pontoon [ponˈtuːn]

a kind of card-game. ponton لُعْبَة من ألْعاب الوَرَق вид игра на карти jednadvacet, oko pontoon ein Kartenspiel wie 17 und 4 παιχνίδι της τράπουλας veintiuna kakskümmend üks بازی بلاک جک ventti vingt-et-un פּוֹנטוּן एक प्रकार का ताश का खेल ponton (kartaška igra) huszonegyes (kártyajáték) permainan kartu dua-satu tuttugu og einn ventuno トランプの一種 (영국)카드놀이의 일종 dvidešimt vienas, akis (kāršu spēle) acīte sejenis permainan kad eenentwintigen tjueett oko vinte-e-um douăzeci-şi-unu (joc de cărţi) двадцать одно, очко očko enaindvajset ponton tjugoett เกมไพ่ชนิดหนึ่ง yirmibir (十一點)一種紙牌戲 двадцять одне ايک قسم کا کارڈ گيم bài lì xì （十一点）一种纸牌戏