pontoon
/pɑnˈtun/
noun
- A flat-bottomed boat or floating structure used to support a bridge, platform, or other structure on water.
- The army used a pontoon to help vehicles cross the river.
- During the festival, a large pontoon was used as a stage on the lake.
- The workers attached a new pontoon to the floating dock.
- A float or air-filled chamber that helps keep a boat, aircraft, or other object afloat.
- The seaplane's pontoons allowed it to land smoothly on the water.
- Each pontoon on the raft was made of sealed plastic.
- The small boat had a damaged pontoon and started taking on water.
- A card game similar to blackjack, also called twenty-one.
- Pontoon is a popular game in British pubs.
- We spent the evening playing pontoon at the kitchen table.
- She won three rounds of pontoon in a row.