Pontoon (game)
WordNet

noun


(1)   A float supporting a seaplane
(2)   (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge
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Etymology 1


From Old French ponton, from Latin ponto (‘ferryboat’), from pons (‘bridge’).

Noun



  1. A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
  2. A floating structure supporting a bridge or dock.
  3. A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
  4. A float of a seaplane.

Etymology 2


Probably from vingt-un, an obsolete variant of vingt-et-un, from French, literally ‘twenty-one’.

Noun



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