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Definitions for Pontoon

[1] Military . a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river.
[2] a float for a derrick, landing stage, etc.
[3] Nautical . a float for raising a sunken or deeply laden vessel in the water; a camel or caisson.
[4] a seaplane float.
[5] the card game twenty-one.
[6] 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
[7] nautical a float, often inflatable, for raising a vessel in the water
[8] Also called: (esp US) twenty-one , vingt-et-un a gambling game in which players try to obtain card combinations worth 21 points
[9] (in this game) the combination of an ace with a ten or court card when dealt to a player as his first two cards

Words related to Pontoon

raft, craft, boat, barge

Words nearby Pontoon

pontlevis, pontocaine, pontoise, pontomedullary groove, pontonier, pontoon, pontoon bridge, pontoppidan, pontormo, pontus, pontus euxinus

Origin of Pontoon

21915–20; alteration of French vingt-et-un twenty-one

Word origin for Pontoon

C20: probably an alteration of French vingt-et-un, literally: twenty-one

Synonyms for Pontoon

barge, boat, craft, raft