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Definition of Pontoon
1. Noun. (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge.
Category relationships: Boat
Group relationships: Bateau Bridge, Floating Bridge, Pontoon Bridge
2. Noun. A float supporting a seaplane.
Definition of Pontoon
1. n. 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.
Definition of Pontoon
1. Noun. (military) A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge. ¹
2. Noun. A floating structure supporting a bridge or dock. ¹
3. Noun. A box used to raise a sunken vessel. ¹
4. Noun. A float of a seaplane. ¹
5. Noun. (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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pontoon
1. a flat-bottomed boat [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pontoon
1. 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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