Dictionary Definition
pontoon
Noun
1 (nautical) a floating structure (as a
flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a
bridge
2 a float supporting a seaplane
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /pɒnˈtuːn/
- /pQn"tu:n/
Noun
Synonyms
- (floating structure used as a bridge): pontoon bridge
Translations
support for a temporary bridge
- Finnish: ponttoni
- Romanian: ponton
floating structure supporting a bridge or dock
box used to raise a sunken vessel
- Finnish: ponttoni
- Romanian: ponton
float of a seaplane
- Finnish: ilmatyyny
Etymology 2
Probably from vingt-un, an obsolete variant of vingt-et-un, from French, literally ‘twenty-one’.Noun
- In the context of "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.
Synonyms
- (card game): vingt-et-un
See also
Extensive Definition
Pontoon may refer to:
- Pontoon (game), the Australian/Malaysian casino game
- Pontoon (card game), a chiefly British version of the card game blackjack (or 21)
- Pontoon
(boat), the flat-bottomed boat, or floats used to support a
structure on water
- Pontoon effect, the tendency of pontoons to capsize when a heavy load with a high centre of gravity is placed on it
- Pontoon bridge, a bridge that floats on pontoons
- Ponton (automobile), the car body style
- Pontoon fenders, the fender style
- Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon, a book by Garrison Keillor
pontoon in German: Ponton
pontoon in French: Ponton
pontoon in Icelandic: Flotholt
pontoon in Dutch: Ponton
pontoon in Japanese: ポンツーン
pontoon in Norwegian: Pontong
pontoon in Norwegian Nynorsk: Pontong
pontoon in Polish: Ponton
pontoon in Romanian: Ponton
pontoon in Swedish:
Ponton