Military engineers hurriedly constructed a pontoon bridge across the river.

Pontoon meaning oxford dictionary. They are connected by a platform that the person sailing the boat sits on. Pontoons have been built of wood of hides stretched over wicker frames of copper or tin sheet metal sheathed over wooden frames of aluminum and of steel. Pontoon The part of a catameran that keeps it afloat on the water.

Countable a boat or hollow structure that is one of several used to support a floating platform or bridge. A boat or hollow structure that is one of several used to support a floating platform or bridge a pontoon bridge See pontoon in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary. A box used to raise a sunken vessel.

English Translation of ponton The official Collins French-English Dictionary online. A small flat boat or a metal structure of a similar shape used especially to form or support a temporary floating bridge. Pontoons military A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.

1 A flat-bottomed boat or hollow metal cylinder used with others to support a temporary bridge or floating landing stage. Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary Thesaurus and Spanish to English Translator. A floating pontoon bridge links each side of the city but this has been relegated to pedestrian traffic since they built a spectacular motorway road bridge.

Definition of bridge_1 noun in Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary. A float of a seaplane. An aeroplane fitted with pontoons enabling it to land on and take off from water.

A floating pontoon bridge links each side of the city but this has been relegated to pedestrian traffic since they built a spectacular motorway. Pontoon one of a number of floats used chiefly to support a bridge to raise a sunken ship or to float a hydroplane or a floating dock. Look up any word in the dictionary offline anytime anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary app.