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pontoon
1[ pon-toon ]
noun
- Military. a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river.
- a float for a derrick, landing stage, etc.
- Nautical. a float for raising a sunken or deeply laden vessel in the water; a camel or caisson.
- a seaplane float.
pontoon
2[ pon-toon ]
noun
- the card game twenty-one.
pontoon
1/ ɒˈٳː /
noun
- 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
- ( as modifier )
a pontoon bridge
- nautical a float, often inflatable, for raising a vessel in the water
pontoon
2/ ɒˈٳː /
noun
- Also calledesp UStwenty-onevingt-et-un a gambling game in which players try to obtain card combinations worth 21 points
- (in this game) the combination of an ace with a ten or court card when dealt to a player as his first two cards
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pontoon1
Origin of pontoon2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pontoon1
Origin of pontoon2
Example Sentences
The icy water is like fire on my skin and all my brain can think of is making it to the pontoon without needing help from the lifeguards.
It all began when 57-year-old Billy was sitting in his house and spotted the cub diving off the nearby pontoon.
Meanwhile, he used the deposit money to bankroll expensive purchases, authorities say, including a yacht, a pontoon boat, two Mercedes-Benz automobiles, two Ford pickup trucks, a recreation vehicle, a tractor, three ATVs and fishing equipment.
As well as an enlarged slipway and areas where companies can build and store devices and components, developers have also created new workboat pontoons, office and workshop facilities.
But BBC Verify has identified new pontoon bridges - temporary, floating crossings, quickly constructed and used in the absence of permanent structures - over the river, apparently constructed by Russian forces.
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