Pontoon

What do we mean by pontoon?

A floating structure, such as a flatbottom boat, used to support a bridge. noun

A floating structure serving as a dock. noun

Either of two floating structures attached to a seaplane. noun

Same as catamaran, 4. noun

In milit engin., a flat-bottomed boat, or any light framework or floating structure, used in the construction of a temporary bridge over a river. noun

Nautical, a lighter; a low flat vessel resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, chiefly in the Mediterranean. noun

In hydraulic engineering: A water-tight structure or frame placed beneath a submerged vessel and then filled with air to assist in refloating the vessel. noun

A water-tight structure which is sunk by filling with water and raised by pumping it out, used to close a sluiceway or entrance to a dock. Also spelled ponton. noun

In anatomy, a loop or knuckle of the small intestine: so called from the way it appears to float in the abdominal cavity. See the quotation under mesentery. noun

In brewing, one of the cleansing-rounds or cleansing-squares used for clarifying ale. noun

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. noun

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. noun

A bridge formed with pontoons. noun

The carriages of the pontoons, and the materials they carry for making a pontoon bridge. noun

A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it. noun

A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge. noun

A floating structure supporting a bridge or dock. noun

A box used to raise a sunken vessel. noun

A float of a seaplane. noun

A float supporting a seaplane noun

A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.

A floating structure supporting a bridge or dock.

A box used to raise a sunken vessel.

A float of a seaplane.

A lighter or barge used for loading or unloading ships.

Words that are spelled similarly to pontoon:
pontoon, spontoon, ponton.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pontoon:
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Words that rhyme with pontoon:
moon, boon, tune, impugn, balloon, troon, spoon, swoon, maroon, prune, goon, soon, buffoon, rune, immune, loon, monsoon, lampoon, cocoon, lagoon, commune, cartoon, strewn, tycoon, picayune, noon, dune, coon, festoon, attune, typhoon, opportune, croon, afternoon, saloon, hewn, raccoon, noone, harpoon, poon, platoon, honeymoon, baboon, toon, june, bassoon, boone, pantaloon, shoon, midafternoon, blue moon, cameroon, inopportune, sassoon, hoon, galloon, muldoon, cardoon, shewn, calhoun, rangoon, koon, kuhn, contrabassoon, full moon, tablespoon, teaspoon, bethune, clune, saskatoon, harvest moon, kroon, suine, witherspoon, cancun, trial balloon, jeune, laffoon, high noon, daniel boone, yoon, kite balloon, good afternoon, new moon, brune, suen, silver spoon, phase of the moon, gruen, greasy spoon, magoon, shoen, mattoon, signature tune, moone, calhoon, barrage balloon, sand dune, animated cartoon, cahoon.

Adjectives that are often used to describe pontoon:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective pontoon:
bridges, bridge, boats, train, trains, boat, breakwater, men, builders, wagons, seaplane.

Consonant match to pontoon:
pantone, pentane, pontine, pentine, pantun, panton, pentene, pentone, penton, ponton, poynton, paint in, paint tin, pant in, pent in, point in, point inn, point un, pointe in, pont in, ponte in, puente in, punt in, punt on.

Words that sound like pontoon:
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