Noun: pontoon pón'toon
- (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge
"The temporary bridge was constructed using a series of pontoons"
- A float supporting a seaplane
"The seaplane taxied on its pontoons before taking off"
- [Brit] A gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21
"They spent the evening playing pontoon";
- blackjack, twenty-one, vingt-et-un
Derived forms: pontoons
Type of: barge, card game, cards, flatboat, float, hoy, lighter
Part of: amphibian, amphibious aircraft, bateau bridge, floating bridge, pontoon bridge
Encyclopedia: Pontoon, County Mayo