pontoon
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- noun
- /pɒnˈtuːn/
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pontón
- And I'm thinking this will be perfect for playing on my folks' pontoon boat this summer.
- pontoon bridge
The party barge, the double Decker pontoon.
- The party barge, the double Decker pontoon.
- We were on our, I was at my cousin's Bachelorette and we were on our way to our pontoon.
- I guess it maybe it, but maybe it's a a pontoon yacht.
- OK, so you're you're talking pontoons and and smaller recreational, yes, deck boats and wakeboards and, you know, ski boats.
Examples
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That night, the French assemble a pontoon bridge over the Alpone.
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Antonio, his wife informs me when I call, is spending the day fishing off a pontoon boat.
Fiction book (2002) -
I seen him one night off my pontoon boat.
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The pontoon boat is coming for you.
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-Pull right up next to the pontoon.
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Buck and I are getting a pontoon boat, right, Buck?
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By 3 pm, it's a pontoon bridge strong enough for a fully loaded truck.
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Lying on the boat's rubber pontoon, I think this is a good way to start the day.
Fiction book (2002) -
The big pontoon boat plodded its way through that delicious mayhem.
Fiction book (2001) -
The workers built a pontoon bridge to connect the two islands during the summer festival.
Synonyms
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A flat platform of logs or planks fastened together to float on water
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Etymology
The word pontoon comes from an old word for 'bridge', seen in the French pont, because people first used pontoons as floating supports to make bridges on water. That's why a pontoon today is a hollow, floating structure that supports seaplanes, docks, or parts of a bridge.