Pontoon

Definitions

1. A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage.
2. A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it.
   uncountable
3. A bridge with floating supports.
   broadly
4. A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
5. A float of a seaplane.
6. A lighter or barge used for loading or unloading ships.

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Examples

“Thanks to the previous experience⟳ of the chief performers, to careful preparation and rehearsal, and to perfect weather conditions, they watched in breath-bated silence the spectacle of the huge bulk moving without a hitch into position over the temporary pier caps on which it settled as water ballast was admitted to the pontoons.”

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