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Pontoon

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pontoon"

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Word	Definition
piernoun	A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
juncturenoun	A place where things join, a junction.
decknoun	(card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
floatnoun	A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
pointnoun	A small dot or mark.
docknoun	Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
pontoon bridgenoun	A temporary bridge built over floating pontoons.
floating docknoun	a floating pier or dock tied to the shore, which can rise and fall with the water level. Typically used by smaller craft.
stagenoun	A phase.
flying bridgenoun	(nautical) A (usually open) area on top of, or at the side of, a ship's pilothouse, serving as an operating station for the officers in good weather or when manoeuvring in port.
balance docknoun	A kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers.
landing stagenoun	(nautical) A floating platform attached at one end to a wharf so as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage.
bridgeboardnoun	A board or plank used as a bridge.
floornoun	(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
boat-in theatrenoun	An outdoor theatre, on the water, where patrons can pilot their boat into an anchorage position, to watch the show. These have become more common with the need for social distancing in the COVID-19 pandemic.
houseboatnoun	A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.
gangboardnoun	(nautical) A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
deck boatnoun	A shallow boat designed to maximise deck space.
boat trucknoun	(theater) A low wheeled platform used to move scenery.
boathousenoun	A building at the edge of a river, lake or other body of water in which boats are kept.