Pontoon

Quick meaning: Pontoon is a noun meaning A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage.

Meaning

A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A bridge with floating supports.
2. A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
3. A float of a seaplane.
4. A lighter or barge used for loading or unloading ships.
5. (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.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: caisson, camel, sea camel

Thanks to the previous experience of the chief performers, to careful preparation and rehearsal, and to perfect weather conditions, they watched in breath-bated silence the spectacle of the huge bulk moving without a hitch into position over the temporary pier caps on which it settled as water ballast was admitted to the pontoons.

Word Forms

• pontoons

Synonyms for pontoon

Depending on context, synonyms include caisson, camel, vingt-et-un.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pier, juncture, deck, float, point, dock.

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