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1. (n.) pontoon
a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river.
2. pontoon
a float for a derrick, landing stage, etc.
3. pontoon
a seaplane float.
Etymology: (1585–95; < F ponton < L pontōnem, acc. of pontō flat-bottomed boat, punt)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pontoon
(nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge
2. (noun) pontoon
a float supporting a seaplane
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pontoon
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. (noun) pontoon
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
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Sense: one of the flat-bottomed boats used to support a temporary roadway (a pontoon bridge ) across a river etc.
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 Afrikaans: pont |
 Arabic: زَوْرَق للتَّجْسير |
 Bulgarian: ,лодка за понтонен мост |
 Brazilian: pontão |
 Czech: ponton |
 German: der Ponton |
 Danish: ponton |
 Greek: επίπεδη βάρκα που λειτουρ |
 Spanish: pontón |
 Estonian: pontoon |
 Farsi: قایق ته پهن؛ پانتون |
 Finnish: ponttoni |
 French: ponton |
 Hebrew: סִירָה שטוּחָה |
 Hindi: पीपा |
 Croatian: pontonskičamac |
 Hungarian: ponton |
 Indonesian: ponton |
 Icelandic: flatbytna, flatbotnaður b |
 Italian: pontone |
 Japanese: 浮橋 |
 Korean: 납작한 보트 |
 Lithuanian: pontonas, pontoninis tilt |
 Latvian: pontons; pontontilts |
 Malay: pontun |
 Dutch: ponton |
 Norwegian: pongtong; flyte-(bru) |
 Polish: ponton |
 Persian: يك نوع كشتى كوچك |
 Pashto: يو ډول كوچنى بيړى |
 Portuguese: pontão |
 Romanian: ponton; bac |
 Russian: понтон |
 Slovak: pontón |
 Slovenian: ponton |
 Serbian: ponton |
 Swedish: ponton |
 Thai: เรือท้องแบน |
 Turkish: duba; dubalı köprü |
 Taiwanese: (架設浮橋用的)平底船，浮橋 |
 Ukrainian: понтон |
 Urdu: چوڑے تلے کي کشتي |
 Vietnamese: cầu phao |
 Chinese: （架设浮桥用的）平底船，浮桥 |
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