pontoon
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Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old French ponton, from Latin ponto (‘ferryboat’), from pons (‘bridge’).
Noun [edit]
pontoon (plural pontoons)
- (military) A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
- A floating structure supporting a bridge or dock.
- A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
- A float of a seaplane.
Synonyms [edit]
- (floating structure used as a bridge): pontoon bridge
Translations [edit]
support for a temporary bridge
floating structure supporting a bridge or dock
box used to raise a sunken vessel
Etymology 2 [edit]
Probably from vingt-un, an obsolete variant of vingt-et-un, from French, literally ‘twenty-one’.
Noun [edit]
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.
Synonyms [edit]
- (card game): vingt-et-un