Associations to the word «Pontoon»

Wiktionary

PONTOON, noun. (military) A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
PONTOON, noun. A floating structure supporting a bridge or dock.
PONTOON, noun. A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
PONTOON, noun. A float of a seaplane.
PONTOON, 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.
PONTOON BRIDGE, noun. A temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
PONTOON BRIDGES, noun. Plural of pontoon bridge

Dictionary definition

PONTOON, noun. (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge.
PONTOON, noun. A float supporting a seaplane.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats