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What is the noun for pontoon?

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pontoon
  1. (military) 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.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The train will be exhibited on the pontoon anchored at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.”
      “The only way to cross the river was by riding a pontoon.”
      “In the early morning of 11 December, Burnside's engineers began laying pontoon bridges.”
pontoon
  1. (card game) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The train will be exhibited on the pontoon anchored at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.”
      “The only way to cross the river was by riding a pontoon.”
      “In the early morning of 11 December, Burnside's engineers began laying pontoon bridges.”
pontooning
  1. The art or process of constructing pontoon bridges.
pontooner
  1. One who constructs a pontoon.
pontoneer
  1. Alternative form of pontooner
pontonier
  1. Alternative form of pontooner
ponton
  1. Alternative form of pontoon.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The regulars started work on a 150-foot-long trestlework through the muddy marshes and began assembling the ponton bridge with two companies on each bank.”
      “Mungo Ponton, in 1838, discovered the sensitive quality of potassium bichromate, which led up to carbon printing.”
      “I find that at times Ponton overextends his exhaustive exemplification.”
pontoniers
  1. plural of pontonier
pontooners
  1. plural of pontooner
pontoneers
  1. plural of pontoneer
pontoons
  1. plural of pontoon
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The other players' cards will not be visible at this point, except where they have split, twisted, declared pontoons or gone bust.”
      “As it was easy to spot, photogenic and reassuring, I enjoyed ending my dives by gently surfacing between the bodacious pontoons.”
      “It has a wide range of marine plant available for hire and sale which includes tugs, pontoons, workboats, anchors, chain etc.”
pontons
  1. plural of ponton
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