| pontoon | 1. A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc, forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops. 2. A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc, chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter. Pontoon bridge, a bridge formed with pontoons. Pontoon train, the carriages of the pontoons, and the materials they carry for making a pontoon bridge. The French spelling ponton often appears in scientific works, but pontoon is more common form. Origin: F. Ponton (cf. It. Pontone), from L. Ponto, -onis, fr. Pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally, a way, path: cf. Gr. Path, Skr. Path, pathi, panthan. Cf. Punt a boat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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(nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge a float supporting a seaplane
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Blackjack, also known as vingt-et-un, pontoon or twenty-one, is one of the most popular casino card games in the world. Much of its popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill and decision making, and the publicity that surrounds the practice of card counting, in which players can turn the odds of the game in their favor by making betting and strategy decisions based on the cards that have been dealt. Officially, casinos strongly frown upon card counting. ...
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a boat or another floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge
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| pontoon | a float supporting a seaplane |
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| pontoon | a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge |
| pontoon | a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons |
| pontoon | a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water |
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