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pontoon

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[ pon-toon ]

noun

  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.


pontoon

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[ pon-toon ]

noun

British.
  1. the card game twenty-one.

pontoon

1

/ ɒˈٳː /

noun

    1. 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
    2. ( as modifier )

      a pontoon bridge

  1. nautical a float, often inflatable, for raising a vessel in the water
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pontoon

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/ ɒˈٳː /

noun

  1. Also calledesp UStwenty-onevingt-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 first two cards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pontoon1

1585–95; < French ponton < Latin DzԳō- (stem of DzԳō ) flat-bottomed boat, punt

Origin of pontoon2

1915–20; alteration of French vingt-et-un twenty-one
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pontoon1

C17: from French ponton, from Latin DzԳō punt, floating bridge, from ōԲ bridge

Origin of pontoon2

C20: probably an alteration of French vingt-et-un, literally: twenty-one
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The icy water is like fire on my skin and all my brain can think of is making it to the pontoon without needing help from the lifeguards.

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It all began when 57-year-old Billy was sitting in his house and spotted the cub diving off the nearby pontoon.

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Meanwhile, he used the deposit money to bankroll expensive purchases, authorities say, including a yacht, a pontoon boat, two Mercedes-Benz automobiles, two Ford pickup trucks, a recreation vehicle, a tractor, three ATVs and fishing equipment.

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As well as an enlarged slipway and areas where companies can build and store devices and components, developers have also created new workboat pontoons, office and workshop facilities.

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But BBC Verify has identified new pontoon bridges - temporary, floating crossings, quickly constructed and used in the absence of permanent structures - over the river, apparently constructed by Russian forces.

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