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Pontoon

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Noun

1. pontoon

(nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge

2. pontoon

a float supporting a seaplane

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pontoon

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noun
1. 
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. nautical
a float, often inflatable, for raising a vessel in the water
noun
1. Also called: ()in esp US twenty-one, vingt-et-un
a gambling game in which players try to obtain card combinations worth 21 points
2. 
(in this game) the combination of an ace with a ten or court card when dealt to a player as his or her first two cards

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Pontoon

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noun
1. 
a flat-bottomed boat
2. 
any of a number of these, or of some other floating objects, as hollow cylinders, used as supports for a temporary bridge (pontoon bridge)
3. 
a float on an aircraft

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pontoon

see synonyms of pontoon
n.
Any of various floating structures, especially:
a. A flatbottom boat used to support a bridge.
b. A floating structure that serves as a dock.
c. Either of a pair of floats supporting a boat or seaplane.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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